Soooo…I’ve been thinking of putting an 8 Week Run Coach Challenge together through www.portaPT.com🙂 What would it entail? Well here is my think-box so far and I would love to hear any suggestions or constructive comments if you have them 🙂 Would it be something you would be interested in? Need motivation to get on track? Need a personal trainer but can’t afford the BIG BUCKS? Wish you had structure and had someone to “answer” to?
Preliminary Thoughts and Structure of 8 Week Program
Start Date: March (TBD)
Length: 8 Weeks Total
Cost: $39 (so basically $5 a week for your own PT/Coach)
Each week I will provide a SET RUN profile that you should do. There will be 2 portaPT profiles to do and a bonus run that is up to you to do. For each RUN, I will provide 3 basic STRENGTH exercises you should do to stay safe and strong for your runs. (you won’t need countless hours at gym or on your treadmill, anywhere from 45 to 60 minutes tops)
Week 1 we will test you out. How far can you run in 30 minutes on a 1% incline. Then we will test you out again in Week 8 (a 30 minute RACE DAY portaPT profile will be included in your fee and you have the choice to use if you want on RACE DAY 🙂
You will be awarded points for doing the PortaPT runs. You will also be awarded points for doing the STRENGTH exercises. Points will be awarded for other things but I don’t want to get into too much detail….just trying to give you the basics to see if there would even be any interest.
The 8 Week program would be a logical, SMART program that would promote you to hopefully better your 30 min TEST RUN in Week 8. You would have to have the portaPT profile runs to do in order to make sure you are doing “quality” runs and the 3rd run as I said could be your long run or your OWN, if you decide to add it (yes you will get BONUS POINTS 🙂
I will ask you to give me your stats after each run, which I will keep and give you a REPORT CARD on your progress.
Foam Rolling, Hydration, Proper Nutrition, etc will be discussed and rewarded. If enough interest, I may even be able to come up with some prizes to be won, free PortaPT Downloads, Nike gift card, etc. – still TBD.
Soooo, what do you think?? An idea worth pursuing? Or no real interest in it? Just trying to get everyone to stay on track and motivated in 2013 and what better way then having a trainer, a bunch of friends and challenges along the way? 🙂 🙂 Makes that DREADMILL turn back into a TREADMILL in these winter months. Anyone would be welcome to join, whether I know you or not. Any levels can join in! May even have a REFER A FRIEND discount 🙂
Soooo, YES or NO?? (I know I’m totally setting myself up for “rejection” here but that is now the new ME…go big or go home…BELIEVE IN YOURSELF and what you have to offer!!! 🙂 (and only took me about an hour of “hymming and hawing” of whether I should post this, haha, so work in progress. 🙂
Sounds awesome! I’m in.
I have a half marathon at end of April so ill be
Running and foaming anyway.
Would be fun to be able to email the group and
Participants could photo treadmill monitor or garmin
With a “word of the day” next to it.
This sounds fun. You know I’m out here.