- June 2: NEWPORT 10 MILER 🎉Fort Adams State Park, Newport, RI
This is one of the favorite races of the group and a good one to participate in for all. This goes along the route we typically take on group runs so it will also be familiar…and beautiful! Plus you never know what you will find along the course…one year we found a man in tightie whities. True story!
We will organize a meeting place closer to the race.
Race info: https://newport10miler.com/race-info/
- June 15: 5 Mile/11 Mile Run/WalkEmpire Tea and Coffee, Newport, RI
Empire Tea + Coffee
This is a 2-loop run starting/finishing at Empire Tea and Coffee!
(1) 5 Mile Loop: https://onthegomap.com/s/pm4chv4q
DESCRIPTION: We’ll start by running north on Bellevue Ave and make a right at the Hotel Viking onto Kay Street. We’ll continue on Kay Street for a bit and then make a right into Prairie Ave and then a quick left onto Ellery Road to Braga Park. We’ll hop onto the reservoir trail and run on that towards First Beach and over to the entrance to the Cliff Walk. We’ll continue on the Cliff Walk all the way to Ruggles (follow detour at Narragansett), then up the hill to Bellevue Ave. Finally we’ll make a right into Bellevue Ave and back to Empire Tea and Coffee!
(2) 6 Mile Loop: https://onthegomap.com/s/36f5q8ip
DESCRIPTION: We'll continue by leaving Empire Tea and Coffee and running north on Bellevue for a short time before making a left onto Pelham Street (look for the Old Stone Mill/Touro Park) and run down Pelham Street to Thames Street. We'll then make a left and run down Thames Street to Carroll Ave and then bear right at the fork onto Old Fort Road.
We'll continue on Old Fort Road until it ends at Ruggles Ave and then make a right. We'll then make a left on Hazard Ave. and run on this all the way to Ocean Drive. We'll then make a left onto Ocean Drive and run on Ocean Drive until you get to the intersection at Coggeshall Ave. Make a left on Coggeshall Ave (which turns into Spring Street) and continue straight all the way to Williams Street. Make a right up Williams Street and back to Empire Tea and Coffee!
SOME IMPORTANT REMINDER NOTES
1 - PLEASE KEEP THE RUNS SLOW!! We are in warm weather season and the runs are getting longer! You should slow down your normal training run pace by 30 sec for each 5 degrees above 60 degrees F to prevent overheating. If you need to add walk breaks, please do so. YOU WILL NOT LOSE FITNESS BY RUNNING SLOWER IN THE HEAT!! Your heart rate will naturally increase on these hotter runs - PLEASE don't overdo it!!!
2 - Be self sufficient! Carry your phone, some cash, and, most importantly, water and food! We will obviously stop along the way for bathroom/water breaks where available but you need to have enough water to carry you in-between these points. These long runs are the time for you to experiment and see what works for you! Don't wait until a race to try something new!
3 - LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER!!! We run as a group and take care of each other! If you see someone falling back, alert a pace group leader (if they are not already there) and make sure they are ok! We should always run as slow as the slowest person in the group on these long runs - you will NOT lose fitness...its all about time on your feet and getting your body used to the distance!!!
4 - If needed/desired, change the walk/run ration mid-run. If you feel yourself getting tired and having a hard time keeping up, change to a shorter walk/run ratio and alert a pace group leader to form your own walk/run group. The key is not how fast you finish the long run but rather making sure you finish the long run STRONG and with ENERGY TO SPARE!!!
- June 22: 5 Mile Group Run/Walk & (optional) Second Magic Mile!Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, Middletown, RI
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
ITS MAGIC MILE TIME!!!
This is our second timed mile run of 2022 to determine the appropriate training pace as well as racing pace for those of you running the Bristol Half! We will be covering about 5 miles total between the warm up, mile timed run, and cool down.
We'll start with an easy 1.5 mile warm up walk/run on the southern part of the Ocean View Loop at Sachuest: https://onthegomap.com/s/spjee98k
We'll then run to the bottom of the hill to the median which will serve as the start/finish line of the magic mile. Everyone will run down towards the RV park against traffic, cross the crosswalk, then cross the street to run against traffic back towards Sachuest for a total of 1 mile....note that you turnaround after you completely cross the crosswalk and cross the street to run against traffic...https://onthegomap.com/s/s66qh3ic
After that, we'll do an easy cool down full loop run around Sachuest Point to finish at about 5 miles: https://onthegomap.com/s/5uee6gk3
Recommendations for post run breakfast include Atlantic Grill (http://www.atlanticgrille.com)) and Sweet Berry Farm (http://www.sweetberryfarmri.com)..)
Magic Mile Information/Calculator: http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/magic-mile/
Virtual Half Option (with shorter loop options): https://onthegomap.com/s/v4u3mdv6
- June 29th 6 or 12 mile Group Run/WalkEmpire Tea and Coffee, Newport, RI
This route follows along the sweetest path along Hazard Road and then along half of Ocean Drive. A lovely run.
- First loop: 6 miles https://onthegomap.com/s/s09jf0sd
Start at Empire and run down William Street to Thames. Turn right on Wellington and follow that street as it becomes Halidon and then Brenton. Turn left on Wickham and run past Rogers HS and then right on Hazard. Follow the beautiful bird path until Ocean Drive where you will turn left and run along Ocean until Coggeshall where you will turn left and run back to William Street. Turn right on William and run back to Empire.
- Second loop: 6 miles https://onthegomap.com/s/3ijlmuo2
Either run the first loop in reverse, or if you want a change of scenery: From Empire run down Memorial to America's Cup and turn right. Right on AC and run to Marlborough St (just past Run Newport). Turn right and run one block to Thames and turn LEFT, running up Thames to Warner. Right on Warner and run to the end, turn right and job left and right onto Bliss Road. Run Bliss to the end and turn right on Bliss Mine and run down to the reservoir. Hit the reservoir but this time when you get off, turn RIGHT on Old Beach and then another right on Eustis. Run up to Ellery and turn left, and then another left on Gibbs. Run down to Memorial and back to Empire. Run past EMpire one block to Bowery, turn right, run to spring and turn right onto William and back to coffee shop for an even 6.