Welcome New Members

I'm very excited to say that my little group of three has jumped up to 7! We now have Bobbi, Amber, Megan, Dee Ann, Teresa, Katy, Jen, and me! How awesome is it to work out with a great group of women?!

With this large group, it's been fun planning the upcoming events. We are all for sure doing some form of the Run through Redlands (5km, 10km, or half marathon). Next half is on June 4th for the Fontana Days Half Marathon. And a full marathons is in the works. We would really like to do St. George Marathon, however, it's on a lottery system- so we don't know yet if we can do it.

The weekly workouts are as follows:
Mondays: Speed Work
Wednesdays: Long Distance Run
Fridays: Easy
Saturdays: Long.

Upcoming Events

The Run through Redlands is coming up on May 4th. Katy is planning on running her first Half Marathon. Teresa will be running the 5km with her twin boys, Jen B will run the 10km with me. Katy is our newest- most motivated and enthusiast member of our team and I'm really glad to have her with us!

Loma Linda Triathlon is also coming up. It's a sprint triathlon (150 yard swim, 10 mile bike, 3 mile run)! Personally, I'd rather have the swim last, so we will see how this one goes. April 27th.

Bicycle Racing 101

Rachel entered her first bike race of the season last Sunday, and got her butt handed to her. AHHHHHHHH!! Back in the days before kids, I used to race a lot. Now, 4 years after the first one, I'm just getting back into it and although I know the "rules", I BROKE every single one of them.

Good news, I got a fantastic interval workout!

I wrote more about it on my other site. You can click over there for a complete review of my *r*a*c*e!

Workout days and times

Hi Runners!

The Redlands Runners run every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 6AM at Gerrard's Grocery Store. All are welcome.

Fitness for Mommies website is moving! Great prizes and contests specifically for runners starting tomorrow. Go here to check it out.

News, Contests, and more

What's new in Redlands...hum, Rachel ran the Redlands Triathlon and her results are here. 5km time is holding steady at 22:36... We need to restart our original plan of intervals on Mondays, tempo runs on Wednesdays and Fridays. Jen is recovering from pneumonia and Teresa sprained her knee in soccer practice. This week we should be back on track with our MWF 6AM runs. Next event??
Contests galore on the Fitness for Mommies site. Check them out! Bondiband is giving away 5 bands to hold your hair back while running. They work great for cycling, too. Simbree is giving away a large tin of Energy bites. These are really tasty, wholesome energy food. Julie B Fit is giving away a complete set of DVD's to one lucky reader. Simply post a comment to be entered to win.
On the home front, my oldest son, age 4, decided to jump off our bed the other day into the square post. We spent 8 hours getting him stitched up.

Highland Run 5km Race Results

The 25th Annual Highland Run happened today. Great run, good volunteer support, although the turnout was low due to the weather report- 80% chance of rain, thunderstorms and wind. We all had fun racing our first race of the year together.

Congratulations to Teresa Gibbons she ran her first 10km today! Teresa finished in 1:08! This was her first 10km and her longest run before this was 4 miles! Great way to get back in shape after having twin baby boys one year ago!

Great Job Teresa.

Rachel did the 5km and her results are here.

Interview with Coach Al Lyman

Coach Al Lyman is one of the premier running and cycling coaches in the business. He wrote the plans for Graeme Street's Cyclo-Core programs which is designed for cycling. He's competed in many marathons, triathlons, etc.. Accomplished athlete and coach and a really nice guy.

I interviewed him today for my Fitness for Mommies blog. You can read it here.

I highly recommend his training programs!