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Joe English Trail Challenge-Training Program

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The Joe English Trail Challenge Training Program begins January 19 with weekly classroom and strength training sessions, weekend training runs and individualized training schedules geared toward either the 12.5k or 25k distance.  The weekend training runs during February and March will held on Saturday and/or Sunday morning depending on individual schedules.  Weekend training runs during April will be scheduled on Sunday morning.   
 
Each participant can train individually or in small groups and will have daily workouts that include training runs, strength training sessions and flexibility work. All of the workouts will be individualized and distance specific.

The program will be coached by George Bower. George has coached runners at the youth, collegiate, post collegiate and adult levels and his runners have won numerous NCAA All-America and national honors. The program will provide a training progression for each participant to enable them to successfully complete the trail challenge. The individualized program is also designed with the flexibility to allow your training to fit your schedule.

Participants will also have the option to participate in a formal functional assessment and computerized gait analysis session to determine bio-mechanical asymmetries and strength deficits so that these can be addressed during the training program. The bio-mechanical assessment will identify the most appropriate type of running shoe based on foot structure and gait mechanics. There will be an additional charge for this option.

Additional Program Details

1.  Weekday sessions will be held on Thursdays at PMEC from 6:30 to 8:00pm. Each meeting will consist of a 30 minute classroom session followed by a strength training session. Our first meeting will be on Thursday January 19.  There are three additional assessment days on Wednesday 1/25, 2/1, and 2/8 held at Souhegan HS Fitness Center from 7-9pm

2.  Our weekend runs will be on Saturday and/or Sunday morning and we will set a mutually agreeable starting time at our first session Sunday January 22.

Program Fee
The cost of the program is $150R/$160NR. All proceeds go to the Amherst Land Trust to support area land conservation programs. Participation in the Joe English Trail Challenge events raised more than $10,000 for the construction of Joshua’s Park in 2016.

Joe English Challenge Trail Run
30K, 25K, 12.5K and 5K Trail Challenge - Sunday May 7, 2017

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