Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween - No practice Wednesday. Get ready for Saturday - Race of the Dead and the Infamous Pub Crawl. Details to follow soon.

Monday night run: 10/29

Lets meet at the Tinley Park Park District (Bettenhausen) on 171st and 80th ave....at 6:30 pm.  We will run for 45-60 minutes through the neighborhood.

Please post if you are coming!

Saturday Practice

Saturday Practice - Back to a mundane run without dog poop and political signs.
Meet at the Grainery in Downtown Frankfort at 7:45. We'll run Old Plank Trail. Jerry's doing 10 but your options are limitless.

Lock in the babysitters and get your weekly chores done because next Saturday is Celebración Mexicana - Race of the Dead in the Morning and Pub Crawl at night. More details to follow.

Wednesday Practice

Costume Scavenger Hunt. Meet at Centenial Park in Orland, in the pool parking lot no later than 6:30. You will be placed in teams and given your assignments and set loose on the streets of Orland.
Even team needs a camera so bring your smart phones. Wear head lamps or bring a flash light. Wear a costume. You will cover approximately 5-6 miles.

Monday night run: 10/22

Meet at Centennial Park for a 6 mile run at 6:30 pm....I will not be there I will be closing so my manager's can watch the Bears game...yes I am a nice manager. Ha!

Please post if you are running so others know who they are meeting.

Wednesday Night Practice

  We'll do quarters relay style.  We'll pair you up and you'll take turns doing the circuit. It's the last night at the Tinley Park track.  Be warmed up and ready to go by 6:33.  Bring your baton.  Next Wednesday is the Halloween Scavenger Hunt run.  

Monday night run: 10/15

Hey guys, lets meet at Centennial Park for a 6 mile run.  Park at the usual parking lot by the pool lot.... we will start at 6:30 pm.

Post if you are coming please!

Kirk's Tips to a Successful Marathon

1) Building base strength with hill work early on in training is key


2) Speed work with the Skulls in the latter weeks also pays off

3) Doing pace runs (10 mi. or less) at faster than marathon pace doesn't hurt, it helps

4) Doing weekend LSDs on varied HARD pavement at a pace 10-25 secs. off marathon pace is good prep for those HA Chicago streets

5) Staying within 5 secs. +/- of goal pace allows sustained effort to the finish line (Rich)

6) Skip the water; suck down Gatorade at every available opportunity (JR)

7) Grab a banana every chance you get (JR)

8) Road kill is a great adrenaline rush, particularly after making that big left turn south onto Damen, where the race really begins

Remember he set his marathon PR at over 50 - that's pretty impresssive.

Monday night run: 10/8

First of all, Congratulations to all the skulls who participated in the Chicago marathon...you all ran great.  I really enjoyed coming out to watch all of you this year!!

We will be running tomorrow night as usual...so anyone who did not run yesterday that wants to come out for a 6 mile run. 

Lets meet at Centennial at 6:30 pm...park int the pool lot.

Please post if you are coming out...thanks guys!

Wednesday Practice

Wednesday Practice. Marathoners - you will be doing 3 miles on the track at race pace.  It's a quick & easy workout but it's a good time to make your race day plans with your teammates so come on out. Plus you'll get some good tips.  5Kers we will be doing 500s

Be warmed up by 6:40 at Tinley Park H.S.

Monday night run: 10/1

We will not be meeting this week for the Monday night run....see you guys Wednesday.

Wednesday Practice

Marathoners you are starting your warm-up at 6:30 on the roads then finishing your pace work-out on the track.  5Kers be warmed up and ready to go by 6:40.  Although EVERYONE should meet on the track at Tinley Park High School.  Marathoners come to the track before warming up.

Monday night run: 9/24

Last week was our last Swallow Cliff run on Monday night till spring....please meet at Centennial tomorrow at 6:30 pm.  Please park in the pool lot.

We will run 4-6 miles. Also, start wearing your reflective gear.

Post if you are coming :)

Wednesday Practice

I encourage all marathoners to come to Wednesday's workout. You'll be doing some long tempo intervals that will put the finishing touches on your marathon training. Everyone else wil be doing a mess of 400's to hone that speed.

Meet at Vogt Woods 6527 171st Street. The start of the Tinley Turkey Trot Run. Be warmed up and ready to go by 6:30. We need to get started a little earlier to beat the darkness. Wear light colored clothing too.

Marathoners if you haven't decided on your marathon pace yet - talk to me. One of the biggest mistakes I think marathoners make is to go into the race undecided and their pace floats and they pay for it in the later miles.

Monday night run: 9/17

We will be at Swallow Cliff this week....please be ready to run at 6:30 pm because we need to try an beat dusk.

The run will be 6-7 miles...please park on the west side of LaGrange parking lot.

Post if you are coming...if you are running late we will be heading west on the trail.

Saturday Practice

 Meet at the Grainery on Old Plank Trail in Downtown Frankfort at 7:30 am.  The standard run will be 10-11 miles but there are plenty of opportunties for marathoners to add on before or after.

Wednesday Practice

Wednesday Practice - Tinley Park High School track by warmed up and ready to go by 6:45. we'll be doing a ladder - up & down 400, 800, 1200, 1600, 1200, 800, 400

Monday night run: 9/10

It is getting dark early now...lets meet at Centennial at 6:30 pm.  We will run 6-10 miles depending on your training.

Park at the pool parking lot and please post if you are coming :)  Thanks!

Saturday Practice

Meet at 40 Acre Woods at 7 am. 

Wednesday Night Practice

Wednesday Practice in Lemont - Anyone is welcome to join us for this 10 mile run.

STARTING LOCATION: Meet at Safety Village which is located at 55 Stephen Street. in downtown Lemont .There is parking both in front of and behind the building.

START TIME: 6:30 pm - sharp! Please plan to arrive a few minutes early so we can get started right on time.

COURSE MAPS: The course loops around and you are able to cut the course to 6 miles, if needed. You can also put water at the 6 mile mark. The course is marked, but you can find a map at the Quarryman web-site.



This is a great training run. Next week we hit the track.