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Free TUNE-UP TRAINING RUNS at Running Room for 2011 Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon & Half

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The Tune-Up Run program is designed to give you four opportunities to hook up with other runners (and walkers) to train for the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Each run also offers a brief talk where an expert in that day's topic will provide tips and info, and after the run, free drinks for participants will be offered.

Whether you're training on your own or in a Running Room Clinic, the Tune-Up runs will provide you with a GREAT opportunity to come out and go for an easy training run with a bunch of folks training for October 16 as well.

The runs will be led by some of the Pacers who'll be running with you on race day, and each run will have a short, 10-minute informational and inspirational talk by a guest speaker. Runs will be on routes mapped out by the Running Room Clinic leaders.

Please confirm your attendance at the Tune-Up runs.

Dates & Locations

  1. Tune-Up Run #1: Sunday June 5, The Tom Longboat Training Run, High Park Running Room (2100 Bloor St. W., Toronto) Come celebrate the running legacy of one of Canada's greatest-ever marathoners, and run some of Longboat's favourite West End trails. June 4th is now "Officially Tom Longboat Day" in Ontario. See www.davidblaikie.com/david_blaikie/boston/baa_1907.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Longboat.

    • Distances – Marathon: 13k map
    • Distances – Half Marathon: 7k map

  2. Tune-Up Run #2: Sunday July 24, at Beaches Jazz Fest, in conjunction with Beaches Running Room (1977 Queen St. E., Toronto)

    • Distances – Marathon: 19k map
    • Distances – Half Marathon: 12k map

  3. Tune-Up Run #3: Sunday August 21, Yonge St. Running Room (2629 Yonge, Toronto)

    • Distances – Marathon: 29.3k map
    • Distances – Half Marathon: 14k map

  4. Tune-Up Run #4: Sunday September 18, Whitby Running Room (Thickson Place; 80 Thickson Rd S., Whitby)

    • Distances – Marathon: 29k
    • Distances – Half Marathon: 18k

Schedule for each run

  • 8:00–8:30am — Running Room staff open store — runners & walkers welcome
  • 8:20am — Intro & brief talk ...with a brief welcome by the Waterfront staff
  • 8:30am — Group Runs & Walks
  • After run & walk — come back into the Running Room for water & Gatorade

Responsibility of Runners

  • know the distance you should go that day
  • have your own watch if planning to keep track of run time
  • carry fluid (if fountains are along a planned route, it will be noted with route info) but for any run over 40 minutes, bring your own fluid.

Routes

Running Room stores have numerous routes already mapped out from their individual stores. If you want to check Tune-Up Run routes and print them out in advance, see the Dates & Locations schedule above.

Pacing

Pacing... we follow schedules that have graduated long run distances but for pacing we recommend you use a GPS watch, a heart rate monitor where you keep to a 70-75% of your max, or the old 'talk test' method where you run at a pace that allows you to speak in a conversational way (not a broken up speech pattern)... the fitter you are, the faster you can go and speak in a conversational way.

Confirming Attendance at Runs

Form will be posted in 2012.

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