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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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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! |
