If you live in the Kansas City area, we invite you to participate in the FREE Rock the Parkway Groupie Runs beginning in January 2012 and continuing through the weeks leading up to the event. These weekly support group runs are led by Dina Myers, owner of Smart Fitness KC, and will offer a well-marked course for you to use for training for the event. Runners and walkers of all paces will run and walk in different pace groups and the out-and-back courses will allow participants to pick the distance they need for that weekend. For more information on the Rock the Parkway Groupie Runs, check them out on Facebook or email dina@smartfitnesskc.com!
To allow us to satisfy city permit requirements for street closures, half marathon participants must maintain a pace of 14 minutes per mile or faster. We have recruited pace group leaders from the Runners Edge Training Program for pace groups at 5-minute intervals from 1 hour 30 minutes (6:52 pace) to 2 hours 50 minutes (13:00 pace).
In the half marathon, we will have pacers available for the following times:
1:30, 1:35, 1:40, 1:45, 1:50, 1:55, 2:00, 2:05, 2:10, 2:15, 2:20, 2:25, 2:30, 2:35, 2:40, 2:45, 2:50
For more information on the pace groups from Runners Edge coach Eladio Valdez, please read the following documents:
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