Cincinnati-based Jeff Galloway Running Group

[Tony Alonso]

Welcome to week 2 of the 24-week training session for the spring 2024 Flying Pig. The schedule is set to get you to the start line of the half and full marathon on Sunday, May 5, 2024 We've got plans for those who seek "to finish" or have a specific time goal in either event.

Wednesday evenings over the next 12 weeks will be reserved for hill training. Saturday workouts will be the long, weekly distance for the "to finish" and "time goal" tracks.

Registration for this session will be available soon.

IF YOU WANT TO RUN ON THANKSGIVING BUT NOT IN AN ORGANIZED RACE - A few group members are going to meet for an informal 10Km (6.2 mi) run before the Cincinnati Thanksgiving Day Run. The start location is TBD in downtown Cincinnati, and the meeting time is just before 8:00am.

The training schedule is on Google Docs, and the link is in this thread.

WEEK 2 MEETING TIMES AND LOCATIONS:
Wednesday, Nov 22, 2023
All distances and pace groups: meet at 5:45pm to run hills at 6:00pm; start location is in front of the building that housed Fleet Feet Sports - O'bryonville,1993 Madison Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45208

Saturday, Nov 25, 2023
Marathoners on "time goal" schedule: meet at 7:15am in front of the Gallery Entrance of the Levee to run at 7:30am (you will run the 2 extra miles first)
Half marathoners on "time goal" schedule: meet at 7:45am at the Gallery entrance to run 5 miles at 8:00am (you will run the same distance as "to finish" marathoners)
Half marathoners and marathoners on "to finish" schedules: meet at 7:45am at the Gallery entrance to run 4 miles (half "to finish") or 5 miles (full "to finish" and half "time goal") at 8:00am

Newport on the Levee Gallery Entrance is at 1 Levee Way, Newport, KY 41071
If you park in the Gallery lot, you can come up to the street level and then get to the entrance area. The Gallery lot is accessible via Rt. 8 (Newport) when you get off of the exit from I471


4-, 5-, AND 7-MILE ROUTES
The 4 mile loop goes through Newport and Covington, while the 1 mile loop stays in Newport. The extra 2 miles are an out-band-back route. The extra 2 miles is done first by marathoners on the "time goal" plan. Half and full marathoners will run together for 4 miles, while half marathoners on the "time goal" plan and all marathoners will run 1 additional mile.

4 miles: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/4365553288
1 mile: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/4754631820
extra 2 miles: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/4745490943


PACE GROUPS: We are in the process of forming half and full marathon pace groups based on the participant sign-ups. The intention is to have an 11:30 min/mi (90 sec run/30 sec walk), 12:30 min/mi group (60 sec run/30 sec walk), and 14:00 min/mi (30 sec run/30 sec walk). There is also a possibility for a 10:30 min/mi option. More details will be shared as the workouts unfold in the next 3 weeks.

[Tony Alonso]

Hope to see some of you tomorrow (Thursday, Nov 23) at 8am at 3rd and Main in downtown Cincinnati for the informal Thanksgiving Day run. It will be a chance to run downtown without the large crowd on the route! PS - the route does not necessarily follow the exact 10K course, as it has been changed for this year.