E-mail to my PIM group...

WOW!!
Wednesday was freaking crazy!!

That was about twice as many people as in the fall. My group last time had about 12 people, now it's more than 30.

Things this week should be a little calmer. Also,time change is Saturday night/Sunday morning, so it will be light later.

With the rain last night, most people probably didn't run (I didn't). So today's rest day was by default taken yesterday - meaning run today!

The training schedules are on the PIM website:http://www.powerinmotion.org/under the "training" tab.

Here's an explaination of how to read it --
5x(3R/1W) means to run for 3 minutes, walk for one minute and do this five times (total of 20 minutes)

You don't NEED it, but you can get a watch with TWO interval timers at Academy for $39.99. Then you can set one timer to beep after 3 minutes, then it beeps after a minute, and repeats until you turn it off.

A 15% off night at a running store will happen at some point this PIM season, but they're not sure yet when. We always get 10% off at Luke's Locker, just let them know you're in PIM.

I plan to run along Buffalo Bayou tomorrow morning and down in Seabrook on Sunday morning if anyone wants to come along. Let me know if you'd like to meet somewhere on Monday or Tuesday to run!

Have a great weekend & some great runs.

Wahoo!
Anna

PS -- remember to GO SLOW -- your running should be at a conversational pace. If you're unable to talk without panting like a dog in the summertime, you're going to fast.
Resting is very important too, take your rest days and your rest breaks -- that's when the body repairs and heals.

If you go too fast in the beginning, you run the risk of burning out -- we're in this for the long haul, so take it slow and enjoy it!