Group Practice #13 8 miles on the schedule Start time: 7:00 AM for the walkers, 7:30 AM for the runners Location: Pittman Wash If you looked at just this, you would think we had beautiful weather! And in a way, we did… but there was also a pretty biting wind …
Group Practice #10 10 miles on the schedule Start time: 7:00 AM Location: Red Rock Canyon My favorite training location of all… Red Rock Canyon! It’s stunningly beautiful out there… sometimes a few of our team members need to be reminded of the beauty though because the hills are pretty …
Group Practice #7 8 miles on the schedule Start time: 7:00 AM We could not have asked for better weather for our Six Tunnels Extravaganza… (This means we ran on the historic railroad trail at Lake Mead… which has 6 tunnels on it. It’s a cool place!) It was probably …
Group Practice #6 7 miles on the schedule Start time: 6:00 AM We started early this week… mainly because we had some pancakes to eat post-training. Applebee’s allows us to a do a team fundraiser where we sell tickets for a pancake breakfast. The tickets are $10, 50% of the …
Group Practice #4 3 miles on the schedule Step Back Week Start time: 7:00 AM For our step back week we gathered at a park that has received low rankings in our past seasons as a training spot. But we thought since it was such a short run, we could …
Group Practice #3 5 miles on the schedule Start time: 7:00 AM We had overcast weather for today’s practice! Of course, the overcast skies meant that it was also a little more humid than we’re used to, but the cooler temps made it worth it. So much more enjoyable than …
Group Practice #16 6 miles on the schedule Start time: 5:30 AM for walkers 1, 6:00 AM for walkers 2, 6:30 AM for runners This morning we had three wave starts to training. Mainly because a couple of the walkers decided they wanted to start at 5:30 to beat the …
Group Practice #15 8 miles on the schedule Start time: 6:00 AM for walkers, 6:30 AM for runners It was hot, hot, hot! Being the 4th of July weekend, we didn’t have a huge turnout, but those that did show up did a stellar job pushing through in the heat. …
Group Practice #14 11 miles on the schedule Start time: 6:00 AM for walkers, 6:30 AM for runners This is it… the PEAK of training. The LONGEST distance in our whole training cycle. And the team managed to get it done… well, most of them. Here’s the thing I’m a …
Group Practice #13 8 miles on the schedule Step-back week Start time: 6:00 AM for walkers, 6:30 AM for runners Today was absolutely BEE-YOO-TEE-FULL weather for us. Slightly cooler than the average for this time of year, so it was about 77 degrees when we started and about 10 degrees …