Twenty Years and Making a Difference

Twenty Years and Making a Difference By: Bill Aaron Twenty years. Who knew way back in 1998 that we would be celebrating twenty Rockin’ ‘n’ Runnin’ Training Programs. That’s twenty 10K’s, twenty, 2-hour pace runs, twenty train runs. More than 9,000 runners have come through the gates of Balboa Stadium and onto the streets of...

Boston Training Group

SDTC Boston Training Group By: Ellen K. Fleischman Boston Marathontraining with Coach Dave Hutchinson (“Hutch’) was the most awesome experience!  We started training in November for the April marathon.  Hutch gave us a calendar, usually a month at a time so we wouldn’t look ahead and freak out.  He also sent weekly e mails...

HOW TO SCREW UP A MARATHON

HOW TO SCREW UP A MARATHON “My Story” By: Paul Baumhoefner, (Former) SDTC Equipment Guy Originally Published: San Diego Running, Spring 2000 First of all, over train, make this decision early, like in January so your legs are really tired when you get to the long runs in April. Oh, and don’t take that...

Balboa 4 Mile Cross Country Race

  San Diego Track Club 54th Annual Balboa Park 4-Miler (2nd Race in Dirt Dog Series) Saturday, September 1, 2018 Masters Start (age 40 and over) 7:30 am Open Start (age 39 and under) 8:20 am RACE COURSE: Start and Finish are north of 6th and Laurel in Balboa Park. This is a challenging...

Fitness Tip: Long Run Nutrition

Toya’s Tips! NUTRITION ON THE LONG RUN The following are guidelines on taking nutrition on your long runs.  As you will see below I prefer the method of using gels pre-mixed in water. This is prepared prior to leaving the house so all you have to do sip at specified times during the run....