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April 16, 2024
WEEK 15 - Hello Taper!
Happy Tuesday, MIT!
HAPPY TAPER! You may have heard this term thrown around by a few of us at MIT. Tapering is the act of significantly reducing your training load for one to two weeks to optimize your race-day performance.
There’s this moment that hits darn near all of us as race day approaches. It's always around this time -- two-weeks out from race day --- when it's hard not to second guess everything you’ve done or not done in the build up to the race. You might be tempted to pick apart your training, looking for all the flaws in the plan.
Exhale.
Remember that your training can not be summarized by one particular long run or one key workout, but rather your preparedness is a summation of all the training (and resting) you’ve done to get to this point. Trust me, you’ve done plenty. It does all stack up.
So let's stay the course. Focus on our sleep, recovery, and mental preparedness.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
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THIS SATURDAY! We will have our screen-printing machine going in full force! Bring your race-day singlets and shirts to get an MIT logo to rep our team out on the course!
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EARTH DAY LITTER PICKUP & HAPPY HOUR IS APRIL 21! Sign up below.
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MIT SUMMER/FALL REGISTRATION IS OPEN. Email Coach Hannah for a returning member discount code.
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MIT Pace Coach Applications for Summer/Fall 2024 ARE OPEN - APPLY BELOW
Happy Running, Walking, Moving & Shaking,
Coach Hannah
*I would love to hear from you! Please note my office hours:
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Sunday: OFF
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Monday: OFF
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Tuesday 9:00-5:00
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Wednesday 12:00-5:00
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Thursday 12:00-5:00
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Friday: 10:00-6:00 Private Coaching Sessions at Cup'O'Joe Clintonville (Email me to book a time!)
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Saturdays: MIT Long Runs, no office hours
Thanks!
WEEKLY WORKOUT HUB
Hello taper, my old friend.
We’re spicing up this Saturday’s long run with FREE customized apparel by Fleet Feet! Bring apparel with you, or purchase in-store, pick your favorite design, and let us do the rest!
MIT GRIT WEDNESDAY WORKOUT 4/17 at 6:30PM: COMBUSTION SOCIAL
MEETUP LOCATION:
Columbus Metropolitan Library -- Whetstone Branch (Park of Roses)
3909 N High St, Columbus, OH 43214
*Park by the tennis courts
WORKOUT: Tempo Run
ALL: 5 mile tempo run
(2.5 miles north on the trail, turn around)
After run, meet at Combustion Brewery! 1st beverage is on Coach Hannah. :)
Pace: TEMPO
Effort on repeats: 65% max RPE*
*RPE = Rate of Perceived Exertion, or how hard you feel like your body is working.
LONG RUN SATURDAY 4/20: Fleet Feet Lewis Center
MEETUP LOCATION:
Fleet Feet Lewis Center
1270 E. Powell Rd
Lewis Center, OH 43035
ROUTE:
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2586922
MILEAGE
Half: 6 miles
Full: 8 miles
SCREENPRINTING IS BACK!!
REMINDER: We do NOT have cups at our hydration stations. You are responsible for bringing your own water vessel. Collapsable cups and handheld bottles are available for purchase at Fleet Feet. If you forget your cup/bottle at home, let your Coach know.
FIT FOR LIFE PHYSICAL THERAPY EDUCATION CORNER
When and Why Should I Use The AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill?
Chelsea Hall, PT, DPT
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The AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill was developed to rehabilitate leg injuries with less stress to joints and muscles. Since it reduces gravity’s impact, it also provides a safe way to exercise more intensely for higher mileage weeks, while unweighted!
Chelsea Hall’s article will help you learn more about the AlterG. She received her Doctor of Physical Therapy from The Ohio State University. At the University of Kentucky for her bachelors, Chelsea competed in Cross Country and Track & Field, earning All-American status, was an SEC champion twice, and is now in the UK Athletics Hall of Fame. As a marathoner, she is a top 50 finisher at Boston & Chicago.
Fit For Life Physical Therapy is proud to be the Official MIT and Fleet Feet Sports Medicine Partner. We care for people of all activity levels — to help prevent, recover from, or rehabilitate athletic injuries. Contact Fit For Life Physical Therapy at (614) 981-1979 or www.fitforlifephysicaltherapy.com.
MIT SUMMER/FALL 2024
Registration is Open!
If you didn't sign up for a 2024 annual membership, it's time to register for MIT Summer/Fall 2024!
Reach out to Coach Hannah at hannah@fleetfeetcolumbus.com for a returning member discount code!
BECOME AN MIT PACE COACH
Recruiting for ALL pace groups!
Are you interested in becoming an MIT Pace Coach? Feel like you have the experience, personality, and time to volunteer to pace and mentor runners and walkers as they pursue their goals and dreams?!
WE WANT YOU! HERE'S HOW TO APPLY:
1. If you've never coached before, talk to your current pace coaches for advice and a referral!
2. Read the MIT Pace Coach Roles, Requirements, and Expectations document to see if being a coach. This lists everything you need to know before applying.
3. Fill out the application.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON 4/18 at 5:00PM.
MIT UP NEXT: EARTH DAY LITTER PICKUP
MIT GIVES BACK! CLEAN THE OLENTANGY TRAIL WITH US.
You know all those runners you see on Saturday mornings on the OT? Maybe you ARE one of those runners? We are MIT and our group seeks to Motivate, Inspire and TRAIN people to meet their running or walking goals!
We love the trail and want to keep it clean for all to use!
Join us on Sunday, April 21st to pick up litter and keep the trail beautiful for everyone. We will supply litter picking supplies but if you have your own gloves, grabbers and trash bags, feel free to bring them.
DETAILS:
Sunday, April 21st, 2:00pm-4:00pm
MEETUP:
MEET at Bill McDonald Park, 4990 Olentangy River Road. We will work our way north cleaning up litter around the Bethel Road connector portion of the Olentangy Trail.
SUNDAY FUNDAY:
Join us afterward for a happy hour at Gallo's Tap Room on Bethel Road!
BOSTON MARTHON
CONGRATS TO ALL MIT MEMBERS WHO RAN BOSTON!
Congratulations to several of our members and coaches who ran the 128th Boston Marathon yesterday!
This mighty crew not only showed a tremendous amount of GRIT in rather warm conditions, but a whole ton of heart in the way they carried with them the memory of their close friend and fellow MIT member, Paul Stoodley, by writing his BIB number 17303 on their bodies in his honor.
We were so grateful to have such a wonderful crew of runners and humans representing MIT on their journey from Hopkinton to the finish line on Boylston. If you see them, give them a big smile and warm congrats!
MIT T-SHIRT PICKUP
Didn't have the chance to pickup your MIT T-Shirt? Pick them up on 4/20 at our Saturday Long Run or Wednesday 4/24 at GRIT WORK!
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