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February 10, 2026
Is This Love? Or is it Heart Rate Training?
Happy Valentine’s Week, MIT!
This is the perfect time to show your heart some love: both emotionally and physically. As we tackle the build week ahead, embrace the longer mileage, prioritize recovery, and fuel your body! Rest is just as important as training, so take every opportunity to sleep well, stretch, and listen to what your body needs.
In honor of American Heart Month, check out this week’s Fit for Life article on heart rate training, an essential tool for building endurance while training smarter, not harder. Keeping your heart in the right zone can improve efficiency and longevity in the sport we love!
A few updates this week:
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GIRL SCOUT COOKIES ARE HERE! CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR COOKIE ORDER TODAY
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Saturday is the LAST CHANCE to get your Yearly Swag. After Saturday, there will be no other chances to get your gear.
Keep that heart pumping strong!
Happy Running, Walking, Moving, & Shaking,
Coach Hannah
Workout Hub
This Week's Workouts at a Glance
WEDNESDAY GRIT WORK: DEAD POETS
WHEN
Wednesday, February 11th @ 6:30pm
LOCATION
Fleet Feet Office
867 N. High Street
Worthington, OH 43085
WORKOUT DETAILS:
We're practicing race pace this week! This your chance to log miles at your goal race pace -- On Hills. These mile repeats will help you find race pace and feel what it's like to hold the pace. We a
WARM UP: 1 mile from OFFICE TO DEAD POETS
WORKOUT: DEAD POETS MILE REPEATS
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HALF MARATHONERS:
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2 x 1 mile @ Goal Race Pace with 3 minute rest
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4 x 30 sec strides
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FULL MARATHONERS:
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3-4 x 1 mile @ Race Pace with 3 minute rest
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4 x 30 sec strides
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NOTE: Please be sure to bring a headlamp and reflective gear for Wednesday night runs. Bundle up, bring your own hydration.
SATURDAY LONG RUN: Otterbein University
GIRL SCOUT COOKIE DAY!
WHEN
Saturday, February 14th @ 8:00am
LOCATION
Otterbein University - The Point
60 Collegeview Rd, Westerville, OH 43081
PARKING:
Please park in The Point parking lot and gather inside.
WORKOUT DETAILS:
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HALF MARATHONERS:
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6 miles
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FULL MARATHONERS:
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12 miles
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Be sure to bring your own hydration cup or bottle - our water stops are cup-less! Use your MIT Discount at any Fleet Feet Columbus store and snag an amphipod flexible cup, a handheld bottle, or hydration vest.
STICK AROUND AFTERWARDS FOR COOKIES AND HOT COCOA!
VALENTINE'S DAY & HEART RATE TRAINING
FIT FOR LIFE PHYSICAL THERAPY & Nita Sweeney
Happy Valentine’s Day! Each year when we develop the Fit For Life Physical Therapy Marathoner In Training Education Series, we save heart rate guided training for February’s American Heart Month and, of course, Valentine’s Day week.
Heart disease is still a leading cause of death for people in the United States, with one in four deaths caused by heart disease. We are proud of you for doing your part to avoid heart disease by adopting a running or walking program with Marathoner In Training.
After a month of MIT training sessions, you may be asking yourselves if you are running too fast? Too slow? What about your weekday workouts? Should every run or walk be the same pace?
For the answers to big questions like these, we always ask our Medical Director, the RunDoc, Darrin Bright MD. As an MIT coach, physician, and excellent runner himself, Dr Bright brings a great perspective on proper pace.
Loads of information can be gathered on setting a proper pace from a VO2 Max test. Based on that test, your proper Heart Rate Guided training zones can be established, and you will learn how to settle into your perfect pace for a long run or walk, or a speed workout, or a fun day on the trail.
Many of our runners have improved their training programs, advanced their fitness, and lowered their personal record times by using heart rate guided training. The attached article, as well as this great episode of our Ask The Experts video series (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D38xhSuzluQ) with Dr Bright will help you learn more about Heart Rate Guided training.
Fit For Life Physical Therapy are proud to be the Official MIT and Fleet Feet Columbus Medicine Partners. We care for people of all activity levels — to help prevent, recover from, or rehabilitate athletic injuries.
Michael Sean Huffman MS, ATC, PT
Fit For Life Physical Therapy
MIT Medical Resources Coach
SWEET TREATS FOR A CAUSE
TREAT YOURSELF & SUPPORT LOCAL FUNDRAISING EFFORTS
Craving some delicious Girl Scout Cookies?! Jeff's daughter, Harper, and her Girl Scout Troop 6842 will be at the February 14th MIT workout with cookies!
The girls will have FREE cookie samples and hot chocolate available following the workout!
We invite you to consider supporting their troop by buying a box or nine! If you fill out the form below the girls will have your cookies set aside for you when you complete your workout. The girls will collect payment at that time!
If you don't want to fill out the form now, fear not! The girls will also have a selection of cookies available for purchase following the workout!
** Please do NOT fill out the form if you are not attending the workout as we will not be holding cookies at Fleet Feet. Form is only for those who wish to pick up cookies at the MIT workout on 2/14! **
