TRAINING SOLO FOR THE SHUFFLE!

Tony Lossano & Amy Zanglin, NBC5 Street Team (Video)

Tony from NUDE HIPPO here! So I’m running in the Shamrock Shuffle on March 25th with Mariana, my buddy & the director/producer of the show. We agreed to run together cuz this is our first race and we are slightly frightened of not being able to finish a 8K (5 miles) race.

However, ever since we agreed to do this, we haven’t seen each other that much. We are both using our free time to train for the race…I can not speak on how well she’s doing. I guess I’ll just have to catch up on where she is by reading Mariana’s blog.

Lately, I have not been very motivated to train for the race…I needed some help & guidance. So I went over to visit the professionals at Fleet Feet Sports on North Avenue. They have been very supportive and have set us both up with running shoes, sweat absorbent socks and a Shamrock Shuffle training schedule.

According to the schedule, we should be up to 3 miles by now. YIKES! I am barely at 2 miles on a treadmill.

Something that I can consider, Fleet Feet has set up a whole program for people who like to run or need help training.

The Fleet Feet Racing Team. This sounds exciting enough. The racing team is a group of runners who simply enjoy running, racing and having fun. There are two branches of the team — the club team (the main branch) and the local elite team.

Maybe joining a group would help keep me on track, literally. I hope so. I do need to get back into the routine.

Awhile ago, Mariana did asked me how sitting on her couch watching a movie helped me train for the shuffle? – LOL OK, it probably doesn’t, but doing things with others help motivate you and keep one another in check. This is more mental than a physical challenge at this point. Joining a racing team might just be the cure.

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