Run For City Year

Remember Your Race Day Confirmations!

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:39:00 +0000

Today, The Philadelphia Marathon sent race day confirmation emails, with Bib #'s, to race participant email addresses. Be sure to check your email for your confirmation and REMEMBER TO BRING A COPY TO THE EXPO when you pick up your bib. The confirmation print out will greatly facilitate your race check-in process.

If you think you deleted your confirmation or can't find it, you can request an additional confirmation by going to philadelphiamarathon.com, clicking the "For Runners" tab, and selecting "Request Additional Confirmation Email" from the drop down menu.

Running in the Rain

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:44:00 +0000

If you're living anywhere on the east coast and you want to run outside over the next few days, chances are you'll be doing it in the rain.

With that in mind, please see the below link for a helpful article from about.com on how to handle running in the rain.

Some of the advice in the article may sound a bit obvious or funny, but let me tell you, I wish I had read this article before I ran 12.5 miles yesterday.

I'm still shiverin'!
http://running.about.com/od/coldweatherrunning/tp/rainyrunstips.htm

Cool Off After Your Long Run

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:16:00 +0000

For most marathon trainers, weekends are for long runs.

Weekends provide runners with more time to run, and more time to recover before you have to go back to work.

However, it is hot out there. So, if you're doing a long run this weekend and looking for a way to cool off, you might want to take a nice jump in a pond. Added bonus if you can do it to an awesome soundtrack like this crew...

Note: You will need access to a deep pond, a bike, a ramp of some sort, and a healthy (or unhealthy) ambivalence to your own physical well being.

Training Tip: Learning to Run Faster

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:18:00 +0000

There are some great running tips on Nike's running website (you can also friend them on facebook).

Here's a link to an article from Nike Training Coach, Coach Jay, on how to run fast for long distances.

Feeling Comfortable Running Fast for Long Distances

CAREFUL! It's Hot Out There!

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:47:00 +0000

In case you hadn't noticed, the eastern US is working its way through a major heat wave. With that in mind, we wanted to provide a resource for information about running in the heat.

You can find great information in this article from marathonguide.com

Remember, if you think it's too hot to run, it's probably too hot to run.

Be safe out there, guys.

Friday Inspiration 7-15-11

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:08:00 +0000

This week's Friday Inspiration video can't be embeded since it's owned by MGM, but you can legally watch it on YouTube.

We're breaking out the big guns this week: The Rocky 3 Training Montage

http://youtu.be/Kf8oZGHDTt4

Based on an 18 week training schedule, if you are a novice marathon runner, you should start your race training this weekend.

And if you are looking for a training schedule, I recommend the ones put out by Hal Higdon.

http://www.halhigdon.com/

Enjoy the weekend everyone, and get running!

Friday Inspiration 6-10-11

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:23:00 +0000

Today's training inspiration is a video titled "Why Do You Run?"

In November I'll be running to support City Year.

I'm running for City Year to give back to an organization that taught me more than I could have ever hoped, and to make sure future corps members will continue to have the same opportunities given to me.

Happy Friday everyone.

-Mike

Welcome New Runners!

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:03:00 +0000

We had a bunch of people sign up for the Marathon this week and we couldn't be more excited.

Now comes the fun stuff: Training!

In my previous race training I've used Hal Higdon's Training Guide, which I found to be a great help.

Hal's website looks like it's from the around 1996, but this guy knows his stuff. He's written a book called "Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide," and his website is the first site returned from Google for the search term "Marathon Training."

We hope you'll use this blog as a resource throughout the training process, so please don't hesitate to ask questions or make suggestions.

-Mike

Friday Psych Up Video 6-3-11

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:06:00 +0000

I'm going to do my best to provide a video every Friday to help everyone stay motivated while training.

This one is a montage of the race leaders from the 2009 Philadelphia Marathon (Video from Runner's World).

Run for City Year is Up and Running

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Tue, 03 May 2011 02:12:00 +0000

We are excited to launch the pilot of Run for City Year, a running-based fundraising program to support City Year and the great work performed by its Corps Members.

As the first order of business we'd like to thank the following donors and contributors, without which we'd have never gotten off the ground. Each individual either contributed financially, or put work into Run for City Year to help get it off the ground:

Joe Andolina, Chris Arlene, Jorge Lopez, Stephanie Tipton, Bryan Rivera, Kellie Hinkle, Meredith Hollingsworth, Wyneshia Foxworth, Beth Marco, and Jeremy Cramer.

Our first race event will be the 2011 Philadelphia Marathon taking place on Sunday November 20th.

We look forward to keeping you up-to-date on news about our events and providing any support we can as you raise money for City Year and train for your race.

Good Luck and don't forget to keep visiting us for news!