Train for your first (or 4th, or 5th) half marathon with the El Dorado YMCA!! Training starts Saturday, July 23rd and will run (no pun intended) for 12 weeks. Group runs will be Saturday mornings at 6 a.m. with post run food and drinks available (all healthy of course!) You will also receive weekly training schedules that will help you prepare for the group run on Saturday and keep you on track for the race. You will be coached by experienced, inspirational and motivating coaches.There will be pace groups for walkers and runners. For more information contact Brandi (brandiymca@hotmail.com) or Chris (cpoliver25@yahoo.com) or call the YMCA 320-9622.
Cost:
New Runners/Run Walkers- $110.00
Returning Runners/Run Walkers-$105.00
2nd ANNUAL OUTLAW DUATHLON: AUGUST 28TH @ 7:30 A.M.
The Outlaw DU is a 5K run, 30K bike, 5K run. This can be completed by one person or the running and bike portion can be a team effort (one person does the running, the other does the biking).
Runners will follow a route through several areas of El Dorado, including the scenic bike path, historic downtown, and old residential neighborhoods. Both run legs of the duathlon will follow the same course.
The bike portion of the race will be a somewhat flat course with some rolling hills along the way. The scenic route will take you out towards the lake on Highway 77. Riders will take a right on Myers road and continue on Boulder Bluff Road and Shady Creek Road. Riders will again take a right onto 177 for a stretch while enjoying the scenic landscape of central Kansas. You will then take a right on Highway 54, this last 5 mile stretch will be fast and mostly downhill.
Bikes may be checked in Sunday morning beginning at 6 a.m.
Registration is available at any Greater Wichita YMCA or on http://www.active.com/. Race day registration will be at the El Dorado YMCA. Registration must be received by August 8th to guarantee a shirt. Packet pickup will be at the El Dorado YMCA on the 27th from 10a-7p.
For more information call 320-9622
