Training plans for Boston Mini-Marathon 2011

	Group 1	Group 2
Date/Event	Mileage	Mileage	Location
Mon. 1-Aug	4.0	6.0	Winthrop Park
Mon. 8-Aug	5.0	6.0	Winthrop Park
Sat. 13-Aug / Fallen Heroes 5k	4.0	5.0	Maclay Gardens
Mon. 15-Aug	5.0	7.0	Winthrop Park
Mon. 22-Aug	6.0	7.0	Winthrop Park
Sat. 27-Aug / Miller Landing Madness 8k/5k/3k	6.0	8.0	Maclay Gardens
Mon. 29-Aug	6.0	7.0	Winthrop Park
Mon. 5-Sep	6.0	8.0	Winthrop Park
Mon. 12-Sep	7.0	8.0	Winthrop Park
Sat. 17-Sep / Women's Distance Festival 5k	6.0	8.0	Optimist Park
Mon. 19-Sep	7.0	8.0	Winthrop Park
Mon. 26-Sep	7.0	8.0	Winthrop Park
Mon. 3-Oct	7.0	8.0	Winthrop Park
Sat. 8-Oct / Pine Run	9.0	12.6	Tall Timbers
Mon. 10-Oct / Social	4.0	5.0	Winthrop Park
Sat. 15-Oct / Entire Group Long Run	10.0	10.0	St Marks Trail
Mon. 17-Oct	4.0	5.0	Winthrop Park
Sat. 22-Oct / Taper, no long runs	5.0	6.0	Your pick
Mon. 24-Oct / Social	4.0	5.0	Winthrop Park
Sat. 29-Oct / Boston Mini Marathon	13.1	13.1	Boston, GA (not Mass.)

Who we are

We are a group of friends who simply love to run year round. Rain, shine, cold or hot - we are out there running almost every Monday night. We represent all age groups, experience levels and paces. We only ask that you can run more than a 5k before you come out. Other training groups will get you to 5k; we want to take you beyond that distance. Our stated objective is to get folks to run a half marathon for the first time, but many of us keep coming back after attaining that goal. Most of our runners are members of the Gulf Winds Track Club. Please visit the GWTC web site to find out the latest news about running in Tallahassee and the region.

When and where we meet

We are called the Winthrop Park Express for a reason - that's where we meet before we run Betton Hills and the surrounding area. Here's a city map to get you to Winthrop Park. Note that we meet in the far eastern part of the park just north of the playground. You can enter this part of the park from Betton Road. We meet at 5:45pm and head out at 6:00pm in the spring and summer months. As the days get shorter we head out at 5:30pm.

Please note that we do not meet at Winthrop Park during Springtime Tallahassee Training in order to show support for that group. We simply redirect our group to Myers Park and keep on running. Springtime Training normally starts at the end of January and runs through the end of March.

Our running routes

During the "maintenance months" we typically do an out and back totaling six miles. We are entering the "long run months" and extend the course a little bit every other Saturday (see training plan above). Here's a map of our Primary Route.
PS. You can click on the "MAP" button to take this map out of "Satellite" view.

Many thanks to Keith the Gator for working out the route.

What about water and Gatorade?

Please bring plenty of water and Gatorade for your consumption before and after your run. Robert and Linda graciously provide us with cold drinking water at the 2.6 mile marker. When they are away and cannot provide us with cold water we have permission to drink from their hose. Don't underestimate this summer heat!

Our Founders

Julie Clark and Jerry Ongley founded our training group in the fall of 2003 with one goal in mind - to properly train less experienced runners for the Tallahassee Half Marathon and beyond. Their legacy continues to help scores of runners today. Thank you Julie and Jerry for helping us to run farther and faster than we ever thought we could!