GOforever / Team BRC Newsletter - 4/6/22
4/6/2022
Weekly Group Runs
Tuesday - 6:00 DTC Store - Half Penny Beer after
4/5 ON Demo Run
4/12 - New Balance Demo Run
Wednesday - 6:00 Littleton Store
Thursday -6:00 Cherry Creek store - Run on the Cherry Creek Trail
Saturday - 7:30 DTC Store - Long Run
5/21 - Long run w/ New Balance @8:00
(Routes are on store Facebook Page)
9:00 Littleton Store
Sunday 8:00 Wash Park (meet at the Washington Park sign at the corner of Mississippi and Franklin)
Note: all the paths are quickly shoveled after snowfalls
TBD - Summer Speedwork session
Upcoming Races
4/9 - Beer Bound 5K - Estes Park (Brewery Running Series)
4/10 - Platte River Half Marathon (Downtown Littleton)
4/10 - Horseshoe Half Marathon, Fort Collins
4/18 - Boston Marathon
4/26 - Cherry Creek Sneak - Cherry Creek
5/1 - Colorado Marathon, fort Collins
5/25 - Colfax Marathon, HM, 5K, Starts in City Park
5/30 - Bolder Boulder, Boulder Folsum Field
Local News
The next Team BRC race is the Cherry Creek Sneak 5K, 5Mile and 10 Mile race in Cherry Creek. You can register for the Cherry Creek Sneak at the Boulder Running Company stores.
Registration for the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon is still open. This year, the race moves to September and registration fills up quickly so don't wait.
Most of the Jeffco and Boulder Co Open Space Parks are now open as the trails have mostly dried out
As the Spring and Summer Racing season nears, we are looking at adding speed work sessions to our group run schedule. Stay tuned for more details.
If you are looking to get on the track this Spring, T.E.A.M Boulder Series has three Spring meets on 4/23, 5/7 and 5/21. The meets offer distance races between 800 and 5,000M and runners of all abilities and ages are welcome. You will be seeded in heats based on your projected times. For more info, go to teamboco.com.
The Boulder Running Company is proud to be a sponsor of the Colorado Brewery Running Series. The next race is Beer Bound 5K on April 9th in Estes Park
The Colorado Boulder Running company Stores will be doing an event at each of our stores in partnership with Love for Lily called Movin with Mama on Mother's Day. Below is information for it if you could include it in the newsletter please!
A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY EVENT CELEBRATING MAMAHOOD IN ALL IT'S FORMS
Celebrating 10 Years with Love for Lily
May 1st – May 8th 2022
Powered by Fleet Feet
Come run, walk, bike, skip, dance or hike with Love for Lily and Fleet Feet anytime between Sunday May 1st and Sunday May 8th. We are celebrating all mamas and 10 Years of empowering, supporting, and connecting families in and out of the Neonatal ICU. You don’t have to be a runner to participate, you just have to have a body to get movin’. If setting a goal sounds fun, we are offering 10K (6 miles) and 5K (3 miles) training plans in partnership with Running with Muscle.
Join us if you are a mama of many, a mama with empty arms, a birth mama, an adoptive mama, a fur baby mama or a loving supporter of mamas. We encourage you to get outside with the ones you love on Mother’s Day and get movin’!
Our hope is that you grab your family, friends, loved ones or neighbors and create your own outdoor event. You can either register as just an individual or you can create a team and get your community involved.
Event sign up: https://www.loveforlily.org/events/movin-with-mama/
Tickets:
$10 for 10 years * Movin’ with Mama Ticket
$45 for 45 Day Average NICU stay * Movin’ with Mama Ticket * 5k and 10k training plan
$65 Movin’ with Mama Ticket * 5k and 10k training plan * T-Shirt
Team BRC and GOforever RACING
Achieve your goals in 2022!
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
Race Preparation
We are getting closer to the Spring Race season. Time to remind everyone to try to practice specifically for your race. That means tray to add as many race conditions as possible into your training.
Before training runs, eat what you expect to eat before the race
Use the same gels and drinks as you plan to use during your race and take at the same intervals as your race plan.
Wear the same closes and shoes as you plan to wear during your race
I always recommend replacing your shoes 2.5 to 3 weeks before a half or full marathon so they are fresh during the race and don't switch to strange (to you) shoes on race day.
Practice running on a course that mimics your race course. For Boston, run rolling hills followed by steeper uphills at the end.
Try to do several of your runs at race pace (but not race distance) so your muscles become familiar to race pace. Smart watches are a great help with learning pace.
Run at the same time of day as your race and if possible same temperature. Although race temperature is very hard to predict for Spring races. Boston is famous for being 40 degrees one year and eighty the next.
Should have mentioned this one sooner: Try to run a good share of your mileage on surfaces you'll race on. Cement can be a big surprise if you train mostly on trails.
- Coach Mike
