ATTENTION BEANTOWN/JP runners

Great idea/request. Hope you find like minded athletes. You certainly need the support of others to work harder and smerter in order to get results. Its no fun training those long miles alone (loneliness of the long distance runner!) Put everything into it-101% effort and hope it works out for you and your new training partners-ps need a good coach?

Hope the training goes well this summer JPrunnah. I'm a jprunnah too and believe the Arboretum would do wonders for your base building process. There are tons of runners in the JP area. Most are pretty nice and don't mind hooking up in the middle of runs if you are going the same pace and in the same direction. I HIGHLY recommend the Arboretum: the hills and constant ups and downs will give you some major strength. Trust me on this one, no matter how fast or slow you are going, just running there on the trails makes you stronger and tougher.

When the legs get tired from all the miles there (and they will) go to the Pond on the flat for a "recovery" from the trail's hills. Be careful though...After weeks and months at the Arboretum, you'll want to fly around the pond. So, just know when you get there you'll suddenly feel great.

Hope everything works out with you this summer. I know some of the UMass-Lowell guys go out there a good bit, so you'll see some of the youngsters flying around Peter's Hill.

I coach (high school) in the area, and my guys could use some company as well. If you get a group together, let me know.

hey man, I wouldnt mind doing the arbotum runs, I'm only here til the end of May and I'm rehabing from an injury (just got cleared to start running again actaully!!!) so I can only run about 3 times a week, but i wouldnt mind meeting up for a few runs

msell08@gmail.com

Hey everyone, thanks for the interest/comments/advice. I'm gonna bump this for a few days, since there must be at least a few of us who don't check the boards everyday...

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bcal92 wrote:

I coach (high school) in the area, and my guys could use some company as well. If you get a group together, let me know.

how does one get in touch with you?

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I approached a coach with intentions of joining their club. I told him that I ran 400m's in college and I was looking to start training for some 5 k road races.

He told me I would have to get my milage up to 70 miles/week before I would even jump into any of their workouts.

Now, I could understand this philosophy if I was talking to a coach who was training national level athletes. But do you guys think someone with a long sprint background needs to bump his milage up to 70 miles/week before joining a group of 15-16 min 5 k guys???

ps. Sorry, I know this isn't the intent of the original poster's message but maybe we got shot down by the same idiot coach?

Haha...sounds like it could be. In fact, I heard a similar story from another runner once who then just joined another Boston club instead, and now does considerably better than many in the club he was rejected from.

When I first started running in Boston, I experienced something similar. I wonder who this coach is...

It's actually good to know I'm not the only one in that boat...but back to the original topic...

Who wants to run this summer?

(tried posting this already but it does not seem to have taken. sorry if this ends up being a double post)

I am interested in getting some miles in. I don't live in JP, I live in Medford but I would be good for some weekend runs in that area. Pluse there are some great hills in Arlington and Belmont too that I plan to tackle many times this summer. Basically between late May and the end of July I'm looking to get in a whole bunch of weeks in the 100-125 mpw range and mix up the routes as much as possible

Full Disclosure: I admit I actually currently coach one of the local clubs (No, I am definitely not the idiot coach mentioned above. I am a completely different idiot). However I am NOT looking to recruit you or anyone else. I will never to say a word about club stuff to you or anyone. Won't even hint at it. All I want is to get some good base miles in with some people who aren't trying to hammer all the time. Running by yourself every day gets a little monotonous, week after week. I run my easy days pretty easily.

Hey JPrunnah, I currently run for the BAA, and I think they are a great group of guys and girls who train seriously, but also have a great time doing so. I would check out the website and contact one of the coaches to let him know your interest in joining the club--if you are in fact interested, and the coach will let you know if the club would be a good match for you based on your goals. As far as runs this summer. I'm a decent runner, and am looking to do some moderate long runs with someone. I'm 24, and am hoping to run high 15's, low 16's this summer for the 5k, and eventually run the NYC marathon this fall in the low 2:40's. Let me know if you're interested in running sometime. Regardless, best of luck to you with your goals.

BAA track starts out this Tuesday too! Good workouts with a fast group! I never feel like I'm running for a coach. In fact, while I got hit with an injury over the winter, one of the coaches was pretty supportive. They don't force any racing or workouts. PLUS, you don't have to pay to enter the NE Grand Prix races. It's covered in the membership...like all the area clubs, I'm sure. I hated being coached for the longggest time. HS was a nightmare for me. I avoided college running for that reason. Since then I've been with 2 Mass. clubs (changed to BAA when I came to Boston). Running with a track group has been producing some nice PRs. We're in the same age range too (25).

Why not spill a hint about the bad coach?! I'm nosey.

Mike Peironi and Jeff Staab

[quote]JPrunnah wrote:

We need people to contribute to our teams"...meaning he wants me to drop $20 on the weekends for a 5k, which ain't gonna happen

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Do you expect to run races for free? As a mid-17 5K runner, that isn't going to happen. There are ton of clubs in the boston area that will offer structured weekely workouts and quality people to workout with. Also, very little pressure to run races. If you do decide to race, show up and pay your $20. I think joining a club will give you much more consistent, guality training than trying to dig up people from letsrun.com

JPrunnah wrote:

Mike Peironi and Jeff Staab

Someone else used my name...I didn't write that!!

Do you expect to run races for free?

No no, that's not what I meant to say. I meant that I'm not interested in racing this summer, and that the definition of contributing to the team, according to that coach, was racing competitively, and not creating support through training everyday together. That's why I wrote a lot in my first post about focusing on base training.