Winter Half Marathon Program
Montgomery County Road Runners (MCRRC) offers a winter half marathon training program that is designed for runners who are accustomed to running middle distances and who want to prepare for their first distance event or improve their past half marathon performance times. The program does long runs as well as speed work and hills to get you ready!
The program will be a coached program for runners looking to train for the Rock n’ Roll National Half marathon taking place in March 2013. The training program is applicable to other spring half marathons such as Shamrock. Frederick and the April Cherry Blossom 10 mile run.
What:The program runs for 16 weeks, and welcomes new and experienced runners. We start our long runs at 7 miles and peak with a 15 mile long run. We train runners of varying ability levels including beginners. Long runs will start on December 2, 2012 and end on March 16, 2013 with the Rock and Roll National Half marathon.
You do not have to be a fast runner to do our program or complete a marathon. We will put people of similar ability together in pace groups, based on race times and other criteria. The program gradually builds up your average weekly miles. However each person should be able to run comfortably run 6 miles without stopping
Target Race:The target race is the Rock ‘n Roll National Half Marathon slated for March 2013.
When:The marathon training program will meet for long runs Sunday mornings at 8:00 am at varied locations throughout the area. The evening workouts will be held on Wednesday evenings at 6:30pm. The Wednesday evening workouts are intervals on the track at Wootton High School or on the Millennium Trail. In addition, the program offers a running schedule for members’ independent runs during the week. Runners will also receive a weekly email with the running schedule and training tips. Runners should be prepared to run 7 miles at the first long run.
Cost:The cost of the program will be $60. In order to participate you must be a member of the Montgomery County Road Runners (MCRRC). Please note that the cost of the Rock ‘n Roll National Half Marathon race is NOT INCLUDED in the price; runners should register for the race independently.
Note:Registering for the Rock ‘n Roll National half Marathon race is not required to participate in the Training Program.
The Program Director is Beth Serepca, RRCA certified coach. There are many coaches to help you in the program.
Orientation:The Training Program orientation will take place on November 28, 2012.
Action Item:We’ll need a current race time to properly place you in a pace group. Your race time and race effort will help us to determine your pace group.
Questions:Please direct any of your questions to Beth Serepca, Program Director, at bethhoney1@gmail.com.
Registration
Registration will open later in the year. There will be an anouncement on the home page when registration is open.
Yahoo Group
All communications including; training schedules, announcements, and updates will flow thru our MCRRC Winter Marathon Program group. Only WMP members will have access to this group. Once you have signed up for the program, click on the link below and click on the button that says; "Join this Group": Follow the directions from Yahoo. Once your registration in the program is verified you will be approved to join. You can also use the group to communicate running related emails to the entire MCRRC Winter Marathon membership.
Click here to join the Winter Half Marathon Program Yahoo Group
