Happy New Year Everybody!
Posted on 12/29/08
New Year's Day
10 AM
Valley Forge Park - near Visitor's Center restrooms

Informal winter run - See you there!

Dress warm!

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Thanksgiving Wishes from USA Fit
Posted on 11/25/08
A Runner's Thanksgiving Prayer

It is Thanksgiving, and runners have a lot to be thankful for. First and foremost, we are thankful...
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Post-Season Party - tomorrow night Dec 13
Posted on 11/25/08
I hope all of you can make it to PJ Whelihan's for some fun in December! I can't wait to hear all about your marathon experiences.


When: Saturday,...
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Marathon Day! Morning Meeting Information
Posted on 11/17/08
Hooray! Sunday is Marathon Day! Your big day is finally here!

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© 2007 Philly Fit

The Philly Fit Running Program

Welcome to all of you who want to run a marathon or half marathon! USA Fit has been helping people achieve their fitness goals since 1989. We want to help you SUCCEED in accomplishing your goal and to do it in a fun and safe manner.

We divide our running groups into three ability groups for marathon runners and one group for the marathon walkers. We use different colors to identify the members of each ability group, and the following is an explanation of how these color groups are determined.

Pace Finder

All members will do a Pace Finder run their first Saturday in order to determine their correct marathon training pace. We will have coaches timing each member as they run. This is not a race , in fact the goal is to go easy and run or walk (or both) at a pace that is comfortable enough for you to carry on a conversation throughout the run. The color group you train with will be determined based on your average pace for Pace Finder run. An explanation of our color groups can be found below.

Color Groups

Green Group : Capable of running 8:30 minutes per mile or faster.

Yellow Group : Capable of running 8:30 to 10 minutes per mile.

Red Group : Capable of running a 10 minute per mile or SLOWER pace.

Purple Group : uses a "run/walk training method" during long runs and in marathons where they will alternate runnning for 5 minutes with walking for 1 minute. This is a strategic training method that is becoming more and more popular among new runners and veteran marathoners alike. New runners become acclimated to the long distances with much less leg fatigue and seasoned runners are finishing their runs much stronger and without slowing down at the end.

Orange Group : Our marathon walkers!

Weekly Seminars

We provide seminars after our weekly runs which are designed to educate and inspire you. You will hear from a variety of experts on many subjects including nutrition, injury prevention, clothing, etc. We urge you to join us after each Saturday run to learn more about these and other topics.

Discussion Forum

A great way to stay in touch with your fellow members and to keep up with what's happening in our group is to sign up in our Discussion Forum. We will use this forum to inform members about last minute changes due to weather, upcoming events and activities, and just to chat with our fellow runners. Getting involved in this forum is strongly suggested and it will be a lot of fun. Take a peek at what's going on and feel free to participate.

In Summary

We look forward to working with each you over the next six months to set and achieve your goals whether it be a faster marathon time or just getting off the sofa and getting into shape! Our runners come from all experience levels but we all have one thing in common - to reach a fitness goal. We will be pleased to help you succeed!