GOforever / Team BRC Newsletter - 12.27.21
Happy Holidays Everyone! Reminder that the Thursday night run from the Cherry Creek Store will reboot on Thursday January 6th at 6:00 with special guest Saucony! There will be no Thursday night run for the next two weeks. Also, we are looking for Masters runners interested in competing on a team for the USATF Colorado Club Cross Country Championships next November, respond to this email, if you are interested, all levels welcome.
Weekly Group Runs
Note: the Thursday night run at the Cherry Creek store will be taking a break until 1/6/2022. On 1/6/2021 we will have a special 2022 kickoff run featuring Saucony shoes.
Tuesday - 6:00 DTC Store - Half Penny Beer after
Wednesday - 6:00 Littleton Store
Thursday -Starting 1/6/2022 Cherry Creek store - Run and Yoga
(Yoga classes are every second and fourth Thursday of each month. See yoga.with.jacqueline on Instagram for details)
Saturday - 7:30 DTC Store
9:00 Littleton Store
(Saturday runs in City Park ended with the end of the Farmer's Market season)
Sunday 8:00 Wash Park (corner of Mississippi and Franklin) The Wash Park loop is 2.5 miles and you can do as many loops as you want
Upcoming Races
12/31/2021 - resolution Run, Wash Park
See below for the 2022 Team BRC race schedule and the full 2022 race calendar
Team BRC and GOforever RACING
GOforeverRacing is offering free two week training plans through their website GOforeverracing.com. Custom plans are also available for purchase. Plans will not be cookie cutter plans but will be constructed to meet your individual needs.
Coaches Blog (Paces)
Age Graded Calculator
For those of us that are not in the 20 to 29 age group, it can be frustrating to train harder but race slower than when we were in our 20s This is where the age graded calculator comes in.
The calculator is very simple; After a race, enter the race distance, your race time and your age and hit enter and the calculator compares your time to the world best time for your age. For example, if you are 42 years old, you recently ran a 5K in 21:00 minutes, the calculator will convert your age graded performance to 64.53%. This grade means that you ran 64.53% as fast as the fastest person in the world in your age group.
Link to calculator: http://www.mastersathletics.net/index.php?id=25950
So as you age and your race times naturally slow, the calculator adjusts for age. This gives you a sliding target to shoot for.
I recently entered some of my 5K race times over a 30 year period and discovered that I'm racing as fast today as I did in my late 20s which was a nice boost to my ego.
A general rule of thumb for the calculator is as follows:
World class - score between 90 and 100%
National class - score between 80 and 90%
Regional class - score between 70 and 80%
Local class - score between 60 and 70%
Athlete - score between 0 and 60%
