YMCA CENTURY MARATHON TRAINING
Make Running part of Your Lifestyle
You must be able to complete a ten mile run to join in the long runs. The plan starts with a 10 mile run and progresses from there. Runs will start at the Fulton YMCA - 715 West Broadway, at 7:00 AM sharp! For more information call the Fulton YMCA at 598-9622.
Learn how to run a full or half marathon
Learn how to run a faster full or half marathon
Run with participants at your fitness level (be encouraged!)
Train in a positive atmosphere
HAVE FUN!
Saturday training run dates are as follows:
July 5th...................10 miles
July 12th.................11 miles
July 19th.................12 miles
July 26th................10 miles
August 2nd.............16 miles
August 9th..............18 miles
August 16th............16 miles
August 23rd...........14 miles
August 30th...........20 miles
September 6th......12 miles
September 13th....16 miles
September 20th....20 miles
September 27th....16 miles
October 4th............10 miles
Beth Wells Biography
I have been a runner for more than 1/2 of my life. I started running at age 14 and still love it 27 years later. I started running to get in shape for soccer in high school. I ran in the summer with my mom, 2 miles a day at a time when you really didn't see women running (your uterus could fall out, you know). We were friends instead of mother and daughter on those runs.
What I like best about running is the closeness and friendships that you develop when out for a run with others. Somehow, it's easier to tell your running friends the most personnal details while running. Running has gotten me through some tough times: divorce, cervical cancer and job issues to name a few. It also helps me with my job. As an engineer, I need to problem solve and what better way to come up with creative solutions that with a run?
Running has enabled me to do many things. I was able to go to a college that my family could have never afforded, Syracuse University, due to a running scholarship. I was able to see much of the United States in college as we traveled for national meets. I was also a NJCAA Track and Field All-American in the 5000 meters in 1987. I am on the Varsity Club Board of Directors at Syracuse University as the first woman athlete to be elected to their board from 1997 to present. I have run all over the world from the streets of Beijing, to the forests of Sweden, to the trails at Mount St. Helens, to the heat and humidity of Malaysia. I can take running everywhere!
I wanted to help with the training program because I was not brave enough to try a marathon until I turned 30. I have now run 13 marathons and been to Boston 4 times. I would have loved to have a training group to run with for the encouragement for the first one. I know that we can help those who are nervous and unsure of the distance. For the marathon, mental training is as critical as the physical training. I want to see their joy when crossing the finish line for their first marathon, knowing that the training helped them reach their goal.
What do I like least about running? The days when I do not run due to work travel or days off (I need a couple of days off a week to stay injury free). Those non running days don't seem to go as well as the others maybe because it feels like part of me is missing.
Fulton Family Loop Around The Lake
Century Marathon, October 12, 2008
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