Running Shorts

Yes, this is a selfish post. I mostly train alone; as it turns out, so do most of the post-collegiate runners in the Greater Cincinnati area. It's time to change that. Cincinnati is way too small of a town for us all to be doing our own thing, only to meet on race day and maybe the occasional long run. When you consider that many of the best runners train in groups, it makes sense that we ought to start training together. I get that everyone has different schedules; I'm not saying that all us runners need to live and run and hang out together all the time. All I'm proposing is a track workout on Tuesday. a tempo/threshold run on Friday (or Saturday), and a nice hard long run on Sunday. That's it, just three days. Three key workouts on three days, each week, every  week. I get that life gets in the way and you won't be able to make it every time, but you wanna get better? You gotta train consistently. Who better than training partners to keep you consistent? ...

...and sprinters, jumpers, throwers, vaulters, etc... ...basically, anyone who is tired of training mostly solo and looking for a group of people to train with. I'm sure I've mentioned this before , but training alone kind of sucks sometimes. I mean, I'm generally pretty self-motivated when it comes to getting in the work everyday, but logging those miles day-in and day-out can get pretty lonely sometime. And here's the thing: there are plenty of really good runners in the city, but coordinating days and times to meet up gets challenging, especially when you're trying to do it every week. So here's what I'm proposing: a consistent schedule of places and times to meet up and run, four days per week. A Sunday morning long run, Monday recovery run, Tuesday and Friday track workout. Or some variation thereof. All meeting at the same time and some place every week. Come every day if you want, or just come whenever you can. Run with a larger group, or trai...