"SCF RUN/WALK CLINIC A SUCCESS!"
CANDACE RODDA, RN & SHERRY MCCAY, RN HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING A RUN/WALK CLINIC FOR OVER 2 YEARS.  THE PROGRAM IS COMPLETELY FREE AND IS CURRENTLY MEETING ON SUNDAYS AT 7AM, TUESDAYS IS SPEED INTERVALS @ 5:30,  HILL TRAINING IS ON THURSDAYS @ 5:30, & SATURDAYS (OUR REST DAY) IS CORE & STRETCH @ 8AM-WATCH SCHEDULE FOR TIME CHANGES.  THE GROUP HAS PROGRESSED FROM RUNNING A BLOCK/WALKING A BLOCK INTERVALS TO NOW 13 MILES!!!  PARTICIPANTS ARE ALL SHAPES, SIZES, AND AGES.  FOLKS OF ALL LEVELS AND EVEN THOSE THAT HAVE JOINT REPLACEMENTS, BACK & KNEE ISSUES ETC ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM.  CANDACE & SHERRY LEAD THE PARTICIPANTS IN WARMUP, COOLDOWN STRETCHING, NUTRITION, PRE-HAB, & EVEN POST REHAB ISSUES.  THE PROGRAM INCLUDES SPEED TRAINING, HILL TRAINING, & CROSS TRAINING.

"THIS YEAR WE HAVE EVEN MORE FOLKS WALKING & RUNNING BOTH THE 2 MILE & THE 1/2.  SOME ARE EVEN TALKING ABOUT RUNNING & WALKING ANOTHER 1/2!  WE EVEN HAVE ANOTHER FUTURE MARATHONER-OUR OWN BRIAN ANDERSON, PFT AND RACHEL CUNNINGHAM, EXCLAIMS SHERRY!"

"I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY FEATURE COUPLE OF THE MONTH, STATES SHERRY." 
                                             MARTA (52) AND JIM (53) HIGGS
MARTA FIRST CAME TO SCF 2 YEARS AGO WITH A FRIEND FOR SHARED TRAINING SESSIONS.  I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT FIRST SESSION.  I CONDUCT A COMPLETE HISTORY AND SCREENING ON NEW CLIENTS.  ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS WHAT TYPE OF EXERCISES HAVE YOU DONE IN THE PAST AND WHAT EXERCISES WOULD YOU LIKE TO AVOID.  MARTA STATED, "I DON'T RUN".  SOUND FAMILIAR FROM MY PAST STORIES (:!!!
MARTA TRAINED HARDER AND HARDER EACH SESSION.  WHEN I THOUGHT SHE WAS READY I INITIATED INTERVAL RUN/WALK SESSIONS.  SOON SHE DECIDED TO RECRUIT HER HUSBAND JIM TO TRAIN WITH HER.  WHAT A BLAST THESE SESSIONS WERE!  JIM & MARTA STARTED THE RUN/WALK GROUP LAST SUMMER AND RAN THEIR FIRST 2 MILE RACE.  THEY CONTINUED TO RUN & CROSS TRAIN AND NOW ARE READY FOR THEIR FIRST 1/2 MARATHON.  MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE AS ATRAINER WITH MARTA IS NOT THE RUNNING ITSELF, IT WAS THE MENTAL TRAINING.  MARTA HAS LEARNED VERY WELL THAT POSITIVE THINKING PRIOR TO AND DURING THE RUN MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.