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Use the Egroup
Each month the
Empire Runners Club training director publishes a calendar of group
training sessions in the club newsletter and on the club website. While this is the “official” club
training schedule, other groups of Empire Runners meet informally during
the week to run at paces, distances, times, and locations to suit their
needs. If the scheduled training
runs don’t work for you, a good way to find running partners is to send an
email message to the club egroup (members only,
empirerunners@yahoogroups.com) describing your running level and preferred
training times and locations.
Scheduled Group Training
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Mondays
7 PM at the
Isabeau/Garcia abode, 1932 Yolo Ct., Santa Rosa. The route varies weekly, wandering into
the parks during the spring and summer months and retreating to well-lit
residential streets as daylight becomes scarce in the fall. The run is precisely
and unerringly 49 minutes long.
Typically the pace is 7:15 to 7:45 per mile.
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Tuesdays
5:30PM. Intervals. A structured track or speed workout,
sometimes hill repeats, held either on the Montgomery High School track
or on well-lit residential streets (especially during the winter months).
Suitable to a variety of levels. Consult
the training calendar for the location and the workout du jour.
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Thursdays
5:30PM (4:30 Nov thru Feb)
at Howarth Park (upper parking lot). Typically the largest gathering of
the week, 10 to 30 runners meet at Howarth Park for a trail run, usually
through Spring Lake Park and into Annadel. Planned workouts are prescribed in the
training calendar, but the group often breaks up into smaller bands
running their own pace and distance.
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Saturdays
8:30AM at Aroma
Roasters near the train station, Railroad Square. A flat, out and back course along the
Santa Rosa Creek suitable for beginning and slower runners as well as the
faster, hard-running crowd. The
training calendar prescribes an interval workout geared to this course,
but some make this an easy jog during which they can turn back at any
time. Recovery at one of the
Railroad Square coffee houses is usually in order.
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Sundays
8:30AM A trail run, typically
the longest run of the week, that starts at varying entrance points to
Annadel State Park. Occasionally the location is moved outside of Santa
Rosa and the start time may be later. See calendar for start location, time,
and scheduled distance.
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Club members are encouraged to start new groups,
recommend workouts or schedule out-of-town training runs. A wide range of
ability-levels is present at most workouts. Contact: Larry Meredith (thirstyboy1@sbcglobal.net).
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