The Beyond drifts back to Kalamazoo and more HILLS, HILLS, HILLS for our next Space Adventure.  Mission Number Seven launches from the Maple YMCA on Saturday, January 28, 2012 and navigates through various sections of the Kalamazoo Marathon Course.   This Saturday, double the runners will be on site.  Borgess Run Camp will be sharing the same space station (Run Camp will be upstairs in the gym, Beyond will be downstairs in the lobby).  Parking will be limited – please park in the school lots, side streets or church lots.

Training Guides will be available first come, first serve this week to late registrations

 Here is the space itinerary for this week:

•  7:00 am  Nutrition for Performance (Ken Detloff, Maple YMCA)
• 7:30 am  Check-in for drop-in participants
• 7:45 am.  Pre-run discussion and team break out
• 8:00 am.  Training Run Begins – staggered start fastest teams first
• Post Run. Ask the PT – Mark Brammer will be on hand post run to answer your injury related questions.
• Post Run Landing Spot: Fourth Coast Cafe

Borgess Half Marathon Course Distances will be:

• Maximum Velocity Meteors (10 Miles Long)
• Camaraderie Comets (7 Miles Long)
• Acceleration Asteroids (6 Miles Long)

Kalamazoo Marathon Course Distances will be:

• Semi Elite Stars (20 Miles Long)
• Maximum Velocity Meteors (14 Miles Long)
• Camaraderie Comets (10 Miles Long)
• Acceleration Asteroids (9 Miles Long)

Boston Marathon Course Distances will be:

• Semi Elite Stars (20 miles Long)
• Maximum Velocity Meteors (18 Miles Long)
• Camaraderie Comets (13 Miles Long)
• Acceleration Asteroids (12 Miles Long)

Location of Aid Stations

• Aid station #1 – 2 miles       (Bronson Blvd & Hillandale)
• Aid station #2 – 4 miles       (Angling Road at Valley Family Church)
• Aid station #3 – 6 miles,       (Edgewood & Adams
• Aid Station #4- 8 & 10       miles (Parkview & Campus Drive)       

Note: please do not throw away the caps to the aid station water containers.  The containers are reused from week to week

Where are we going this week?    Check out Week Number Seven From the Maple YMCATraining Tip of the Week: Practice Makes Perfect With Pace Runs

Gait Analysis Clinic Sign-Ups 

February 9, 2012 @ 6:00 – 9:00pm and March 3, 2012 @ 12:00 – 3:00 Gait Analysis/Core Strengthening Clinic through KVO/Healthcare Midwest and Chair Massage through Healing Moments. Sign-ups are now OPEN! There will be six groups/date, each with six slots available as per the following schedule. Please email your group preferences to Angela Keyes at angela.m.keyes@gmail.com. Slots will be filled first come, first serve.

February 9, 2012

• Group A:      6:00 Gait Clinic; 6:30 Core/Strength Clinic
• Group B:      6:00 Core/Strength Clinic; 6:30 Gait Clinic
• Group C:      7:00 Gait Clinic; 7:30 Core/Strength Clinic
• Group D:      7:00 Core/Strength Clinic; 7:30 Gait Clinic
• Group E:      8:00 Gait Clinic; 8:30 Core/Strength Clinic
• Group F:      8:00 Core/Strength Clinic; 8:30 Gait Clinic

March 3, 2012

• Group A:      12:00 Gait Clinic; 12:30 Core/Strength Clinic
• Group B:      12:00 Core/Strength Clinic; 12:30 Gait Clinic
• Group C:      1:00 Gait Clinic; 1:30 Core/Strength Clinic
• Group D:      1:00 Core/Strength Clinic; 1:30 Gait Clinic
• Group E:      2:00 Gait Clinic; 2:30 Core/Strength Clinic
• Group F:      2:00 Core/Strength Clinic; 2:30 Gait Clinic

What to Expect for Week Number Seven 

The morning’s activities will begin with the Nutrition for Performance Clinic at 7:00am.  The run discussion begins promptly at 7:45, followed by team break out.  Team break outs will continue to include introductions for this week, as well as course map descriptions.

Online Registration is now closed.  Participants may still sign up via Paper Registration.  Occasional guests may participate in the runs at a cost of $2 KAR members/$5 nonmember friends.  Guests should stop by the check-in table to sign-in.

Weather Cancellations

Expect to run in all kinds of wild weather conditions as part of the Beyond Training Program and dress accordingly.  In the rare case we do cancel a run (blizzard conditions or ice storm) we will send an email to the Yahoo! Group, post to our Kalamazoo Area Runners Facebook Group and  post a note on www.karbeyond.wordpress.com  by 6:00 am Saturday morning.  We also may opt to revise a course last minute if a route is determined to be treacherous due to weather conditions.