Church Run = 3.5 miles running, 800 repetitions of leg exercises

This is the most important session of every year. This is the session we work out to get ready for the show. For many of us, the show is at the beach, pool, lake. "Beach muscles" come in handy this time of year. Although tan fat can pass for muscle (thanks Matty), fit is the new phat. Big houses, big cars, big butts are on the way out. Minimal is in. "Cutting the fat" in corporate America has been the battle cry. Lean and mean, fighting weight stripped down. Thin and Fast, Super Fly. Ridiculously ripped. Hey, you want to be a pop star? "You got to get your abs' right."

Then there is the Peachtree Road Race (PTRR). We have eight weeks until we step to the line. We have 55 days to be exact. We can throw out the last 10. All of the work will be over then. Basically, we have these 6 weeks. For those of us who would like to attain a 3 handle, we can forget about days off. A three handle in 10k (that's 39.59) requires a 4 handle weekly mileage (that's 40 miles in 7 days). Got that? 40=39:59.

How in the Phidippidies are we supposed to get FOURTY miles a week? Cant take no days off. That's for sure. Want the kinder, softer solution? Show up every day early and run a mile (BEFORE THE WORKOUT). For those of you who show up at 6:03AM, you can skip this part of the blog.  Did you catch the every day? If we don't show we can forget about it.

The average Boot Camp is 3.5 miles of running. If we run another mile at the end of the workout, that gets us to 5.5 miles on the day. Since we meet every day, M-F our mileage will be 5.5X5 (triple nickel) = 27.5. All that's required is another 12.5 miles over the weekend. We can split it up any way we want. If you are hell bent on taking a day off (your not going to make it), then run twelve and a half miles on Sunday (and be worthless for the rest of the day). We like 4.5 on Saturday and 8 on Sunday.

The long run on Sunday is critical for us. Our training is ideal for 5K. We need the strength to carry on. How do we get it? LSD. Long Slow Distance. "The Long Run puts the Tiger in the Cat."

Name Attendance

Amy 2
Barb 2
Brittany 2
Caroline 2
Chris 2
CiCi 2
Cleve 2
Dan 2
Dave B 2
Dave D 2
Dolly 2
Gary 2
Jennifer 2
Jodi 2
JoEllyn 2
John O. 2
John S 2
Kaffee 2
Kathleen 2
Kristen 2
Kristin 2
Margaret 2
Mary D. 2
Mary 2
Matthew 2
Michael 2
Michael S. 2
Molly 2
Paige 2
Prancey 2
Stacey 2
Steef 2
Susie Mac 2
Todd 2
Allison 1
Anne M 1
Carolyn 1
Charlie 1
Frank 1
Harriott 1
Holly 1
Irene 1
Jenny 1
Jim 1
Jimmy F 1
John G. 1
John Mears 1
Kerry 1
Leslie 1
Lisa 1
Love 1
Roxanna 1
Slawek 1
Wendy 1