Long Run Deets for Saturday

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JJ and Tyler IL Marathon 2015
OK guys! We will be set up for 12 miles of beautiful trail this Saturday. We are meeting at 7:00 AM at the Camelot Court Shopping Center at 11705 Roe Ave. The Corner Bakery is apparently no longer there and the parking lot is in the midst of construction, but I think we will be OK! Plan to meet near the CVS.

Training
Many of you are in the midst of a delicate balance between recovery and preparing for your next half. Please e-mail me if you have any questions about how to proceed with your training. If you are working towards another spring race and have fully recovered, then you should be running the mid 50% of your run at goal race pace and NOT lingering at aid stations. If you are in recovery, enjoy a conversational pace and gab it up with your friends. If you are running with the cows in a week, then you should be taking it easy and enjoying the taper.

HH Aid Station Making a Come Back
Allison Stoppel has agreed to head up our Hospital Hill cheering aid station. Please contact her if you are interested in helping out ablanchard322@gmail.com. I will be in sunny Florida, baking on a beach somewhere fearing shark attack so I'm out. This event is so much fun and the runners in the community as well as our own PBers racing HH have come to expect our positive energy and orange wedges on Broadway Hill so if you can, please help!

Podium Corrections
We inadvertantly left two VIP's off our podium for RTP. Eeek! Please congratulate Jen K. on her RTP finish - she battled an unusual injury that most people would have given up on to return and run a great half. And Lorena, man - she just continues to improve. She ran a PR breaking 2:00 with a 1:57. She thanks Amanda for keeping her going at mile 10 when she wanted to stop and walk! Way to go PB team!

PB Podium Update
Most recently, Jen K completed the Trolley run, surprising herself with some speedy legs and Tyler Wolf completed the Illinois Marathon this past weekend. Kevin and Pat both completed the Louisville Derby Marathon and Mo the half! Dave Rios completed the Nashville half and his girl Katie completed her first half. Hands in the air! Woohoo!

What's UP PB?

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Saturday Run
Meet at Foos at 7:00 a.m. We WILL be set up for 14 miles, no need to RSVP after all.

PB Podium

Congrats to all our RTP finishers! PB had a large contingent to represent! Allison completed her first half since baby James arrived and Amanda made her goal of breaking 2 hours. Greg surprised himself with his time proving that yes, less training can be more!

Ethan made a wise decision to start at the beginning of Wave B which opened the road for him to move quickly and catch up and passing the 1:45 pace group, finishing faster then he expected to do this season. Mary rocked out a speedy half and Pat, Dr. Jeff and Michelle A along with Mike C. who carved 6 min off his previous time on this course!

A shout out to my pals Carrie and Kelly completing the Boston marathon this week.

Congrats to Michelle A. and Mike C. on their completion of the Garmin half marathon last weekend, the second of the Heartland Series. Michelle finished in 2:03 and Mike skimmed 5 minutes of his previous time in this race. Holy smokes.

Good Luck
Wishing all our PB runners a successful and enjoyable race this weekend.
Mo, Pat and Kevin are on their way to Louisville for the Derby Half and Full Marathon! Dave R and his gal Katie are running the Nashville half marathon and Greg is going for his second half in La Jolla. Tyler and JJ a running the Illinois marathon in Champaign-Urbana! Go team.

Update
Coach Amy wants to here from you! Send her an update kcrunning@hotmail.com. How are you doing this season? What are you goals for the rest of the season? Any training questions?

Race Pics
Send us your race pics and stats! We love to post and brag about you!