Summer Speedwork Sessions

Do you have the need for SPEED?

Join us for our FREE Summer Speed Sessions.
These workouts are for anyone and everyone!


What: Track workouts designed to increase SPEED.

Where & When:

TUESDAYS 7PM: Vianney High School (Hwy 44 and Lindbergh)

THURSDAYS 7PM: PARKWAY NORTH (12860 Fee Fee Rd) A quick note about Thursdays for all of our O'Fallon customers; due to field construction this summer in the Francis Howell and Fort Zumwalt districts Parkway North was our next best option. Thanks for your understanding.

* Try to arrive by 6:30pm to warm-up. Workouts start promptly at 7pm.


Why:
Speed work has been proven to lower times for all distance races from the mile to the marathon.

and HOW:
Please fill out this form and bring it to the first workout. We are hosting these workouts because we want YOU to improve as an individual runner. The information we are asking for will help us determine how many groups we need and at what pace each runner should be doing his or her workout.

EXTRAS: Anyone who attends eight or more sessions receives a free Big River Running Company Speedwork Shirt!!

2010 SCHEDULE (click on the workout for a full description)

Tuesday May 4: 8 - 10 x 400 @ 10k race pace
TuesdayMay 11: 4 - 5 x 800 @ 10k race pace
Tuesday/Thursday May 18 & 20: Ladder # 1 = 1600/ 1200/ 800/ 400
Tuesday/Thursday May 25 & 27: 3 - 5 x 1200 @ 10k race pace
Tuesday/Thursday June 1 & 3: ONE MILE TIME TRIAL
Tuesday/Thursday June 8 & 10: 10 - 12 x 300 @ 5k race pace
Tuesday/ThursdayJune 15 & 17: 5 - 6 x 600 @ 5k race pace
Tuesday/Thursday June 22 & 24: Ladder # 2 = 1200/ 1000/ 800/ 400/ 200
Tuesday/Thursday June 30 & July 1: 4 - 5 x 1000 @ 5k race pace
Tuesday/Thursday July 6 & 8: 3 - 4 x 1 mile @ 5k race pace
Tuesday/Thursday July 13 & 15: TWO MILE TIME TRIAL (try to hit 5k goal pace)
Tuesday/Thursday July 20 & 22: 12 - 16 x 200 @ Mile race pace
Tuesday/Thursday July 27 & 29: Ladder # 3 = 800/ 600/ 400/ 200
Tuesday/Thursday Aug 3 & 5: 5K RACE ON THE TRACK (PR TIME!!)

* This workout schedule was designed by Big River Running Company Co-Owner Ben Rosario. Ben has run 4:03 for the mile,14:24 for 5k and 29:44 for 10k on the track. Either Ben, Matt, Drew, Rob or Katie will be at every Speed Workout to answer questions, to encourage each and every runner and to hold that stopwatch!!