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March 10, 2011

Training program, and a race, for new runners

Commenter Linda mentioned yesterday that she's training -- on her own -- for her first ever race, the Baltimore Women's Classic, a 5k in the city in June. (Yay Linda!)

Today, I received an e-mail about the official training program for the race and thought I'd share. The 8-week program only costs $20, and runs will be held at three different sites. Seems to me to be a good way for a newbie to get started.

Here's some info from the e-mail: 

The 2011 Baltimore Women's Training Program presented by Charm City Run will be held all around town and on three different nights of the week... one is sure to fit your schedule and provide you with a great opportunity to start a walking or running program or energize your present routine. Our eight-week session begins the first week of May to prepare you for the Baltimore Women's Classic 5K on June 26.

 For only $20, your 8 weeks include:

- a training program designed for beginning walkers, intermediate walkers, beginning runners and intermediate runners

- health and fitness clinics

- music for your workout provided by a DJ (at most locations)

- a training program t-shirt

- group coaches to help you achieve YOUR fitness goals

For more info, check out the website for the BWC training program

 

 

Posted by Anica Butler at 6:10 PM | | Comments (1)
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I am not a runner, but after seeing this post and reading about the training program, I decided to sign up! I am going to try for Beginning Running. The group training program sounds like good motivation... I am a terrible self-motivator. Thanks for posting info.

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Andrea Siegel, a reporter at The Baltimore Sun, covers mostly crime and courts in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, as well as legal issues. She wishes she was more physically fit, and, as she's more fond of chocolate than exercise, fitness is a challenge. Her partner on a one-mile-plus daily walk is the family dog, a mixed breed named Moxie, and she exercises at the gym where the D.C. snipers once worked out.
Jerry Jackson has been a photo editor at The Baltimore Sun for 14 years and an avid cyclist for more than 30 years. Inspired by the movie "Breaking Away," he started racing as a teenager in Mississippi when leather "brain baskets" were still the norm. He regularly commutes to work by bike and still enters several mountain bike races a year for fun.
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Patrick Maynard, who will be writing about running and walking, has been a producer for baltimoresun.com since 2008. In 2009, he tweeted on-course for the Sun from the Baltimore Marathon, finishing in just under 4 hours and almost managing to run the whole time. He sometimes walks to the Sun offices on Calvert Street.
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Leeann Adams, a multimedia editor at The Baltimore Sun, also dabbles in content for the mobile website and iPhone app and covers the Ravens via video. She did a triathlon to celebrate her 40th birthday and continues to swim, bike and run -- none of them quickly, though. Her biggest fitness challenge is to balance working, working out, spending time with her husband and being a mom to a 6-year-old boy.
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Anica Butler, the Sun's crime editor, is a former high school runner and recovering vegetarian who spent more of her early-adult years on a bar stool than working out. She is currently training (though poorly) for a half marathon and is trying to live a generally healthier lifestyle. She also hates the gym.
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