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Weekly Running Group

Posted by Steven M. Smith @stevesmith2, Dec 3, 2018

Hello! This year I started running pretty regularly and decided to start training for my first marathon in 2019. As a way to help keep a consistent schedule and to motivate others in their journey's, I have created a weekly running group (https://www.meetup.com/Rochester-Running/). This group is not about running as hard as you can, bur rather creating a community to help encourage and support others in their running goals. Running is fun and this group aims to be the epitome of that fact. Let's run together!

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Jami Mapson | @jamimapson | Feb 25, 2019

I'm hoping this group is still active. I just started my base training for my very 1st Half Marathon I registered for in November, YIKES! It's on the bucket list and I am determined to do it this year, no excuses. I started training for one in 2017 and let injury derail my training but I refuse this time. I am a 5ker so this is going to be a challenge. The furthest I've ever run is 8 miles...and that was about 4-5 years ago, ha!

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Steven M. Smith | @stevesmith2 | Feb 25, 2019

@jamimapson Yes! Well, I suppose technically the group is still active. This snowy February has prevented us from holding regular events. Myself and another mayo employee/friend are training for Grandma's Marathon on June 22nd and just finish our first week of training - 27 miles over the course of the week, I am quite sore!

My training program is pretty rigid but Sunday's and Tuesday's are typically a light 3 mile run. Depending on your training, I am sure we can find some overlap to work toward our goals while also not having to adjust our training schedules too much.

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Chad - Your 5k-Marathon Run Coach | @fritschechad | Feb 25, 2019

Excellent to see a good running group up and running. Hopefully the weather improves soon for all of you training for a mid-spring race. Did you know Rochester DAHLC has a program called, Pick Up the Pace Running Series. Check out the 3-part series on the dahlc.mayoclinic.org page. Click on specialty at the top and then click on "series" to find out more info.

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Jami Mapson | @jamimapson | Feb 26, 2019
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@stevesmith2

@jamimapson Yes! Well, I suppose technically the group is still active. This snowy February has prevented us from holding regular events. Myself and another mayo employee/friend are training for Grandma's Marathon on June 22nd and just finish our first week of training - 27 miles over the course of the week, I am quite sore!

My training program is pretty rigid but Sunday's and Tuesday's are typically a light 3 mile run. Depending on your training, I am sure we can find some overlap to work toward our goals while also not having to adjust our training schedules too much.

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@stevesmith2 I'm sorry, I should have paid closer attention to the location/function of this group. Are you in Rochester? I'm in Eau Claire. Was just trying to join a group virtually. Good luck to you all

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Steven M. Smith | @stevesmith2 | Feb 26, 2019
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@jamimapson

@stevesmith2 I'm sorry, I should have paid closer attention to the location/function of this group. Are you in Rochester? I'm in Eau Claire. Was just trying to join a group virtually. Good luck to you all

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@jamimapson Yes! We are located in Rochester, MN - I will do my best to update events on the meetup site - https://www.meetup.com/Rochester-Running/

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