Saturday Morning Workouts

ALL CLUB MEMBERS welcome

WORKOUT DETAILS

Both the Tuesday and Wednesday workout groups meet together for Saturday practice. If you don’t know the Saturday coaches please introduce yourself so they can assign you to the correct pace groups. They need to know a bit about your workout history before assigning you to a pace group. Workout details can be found at the link below to Coach Tom’s website. The workouts on Coach Tom’s website match the official CNW workout calendar, but more details and paces are provided.

Questions? Contact Tom Cotner or Mark Bloudek.

Overview

Saturday morning workouts are open to all club members, and complement both the Tuesday and Wednesday midweek workouts. Depending on the time of year, the location is either Roosevelt High School Track or Lower Woodland Dirt Track.

LOCATION & SCHEDULE

Location: During the cross country season, practice is at the Lower Woodland Dirt Track. Cross country season is between Labor Day and the Club National XC race on the 2nd Saturday in December. At all other times of the year practice is at the Roosevelt High School Track. If practice has to move due to a high school sports game, an announcement will be made on the main workout page.

There are two workout times depending on which event you are training for. See more information in the FAQ below. The first workout time starts at 8:00am on Saturday. It is recommended to arrive around 7:30am to warm up. The second workout time starts at 8:45am on Saturday. It is recommended to arrive around 8:10am to warm up.

FAQs

Do I need to pay a track permit fee if I only go to Saturday’s? No, we only need track permit on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s so if you can only show up to Saturday’s you will not have to pay a fee.

Why are there different workout times? This staggered-start approach is the best solution we have found to minimize track congestion and reduce burden on coaches, while maximizing workout partners and socialization opportunities, and additionally creating the opportunity for race-specific workouts. The stagger amount was specifically chosen to allow for different workout groups to cool down alongside the other group warming up. Following the shared cooldown/warmup, there will be an entire-team meeting for the usual announcements, workout info, etc. For cross country, the workouts will be split up between 6k and 10k workouts. For the spring and summer seasons, workouts times will be broken apart based on whether you are doing marathons, track, or general road races. A table of which workout start time applies to you is below. We encourage you to join the training group that has teammates of similar ability. For example, if you are racing 6k/8k but are seeking more volume or faster training partners, you might elect to join the 10k group. If you’re racing 10k but are coming back from injury, consider the 6k/8k group as you regain fitness. If you’re a Group 3A marathoner, the 6k/8k group will likely have more training partners.

Does Club Northwest offer elite athlete support? See our Athlete Sponsorship page for the ways we support elite athletes.

I have feedback about this new process. How can I share it? We are always working to improve, and we are very interested in hearing your feedback, both positive and constructive. Let us know on the contact page.