#foreveryrun

[somethinghappy]

This miiiight be my new favorite course. 10/10 would recommend, + bonus points for breakfast tacos and @portcitybrew at the finish line. #parkwayclassic #foreveryrun (at Oronoco Bay Park)

[somethinghappy]

George! #parkwayclassic #foreveryrun (at Oronoco Bay Park)

[katehikerun]

I'll always be a #WNYgirl, but I'm sure #coloradogirls do it in the cold too. . . . . #colorfulcolorado #ilovecolorado #ColoradoSprings #runcolorado #instarunners #igrunners #womensrunningcommunity #runstagram #cannathlete #runstagrammm #goprorunning #mountains #rampartrange #runviews #runshots #trailsisters #foreveryrun #mountains #happytrails #trailrunner #outtherecolorado #optoutside #trailrunning #timetofly #my_cosprings #womenwhofly #visitcosprings #roscosrunners #rwrunstreak (at Colorado Springs, Colorado)

[katehikerun]

My #2016bestnine. All running. Again. I love that it's all little bits of where I've lived this year! . . . . . #elevation #colorfulcolorado #ilovecolorado #ColoradoSprings #runcolorado #instarunners #igrunners #womensrunningcommunity #runstagram #cannathlete #runstagrammm #goprorunning #mountains #rampartrange #runviews #runshots #trailsisters #foreveryrun #mountains #happytrails #trailrunner #optoutside #trailrunning #timetofly #my_cosprings #womenwhofly #visitcosprings #roscosrunners #rwrunstreak

[katehikerun]

COLORADO TUNDRA MODE UNLOCKED. And I ran twice as many miles as degrees. . . . . #elevation #colorfulcolorado #ilovecolorado #ColoradoSprings #runcolorado #instarunners #igrunners #womensrunningcommunity #runstagram #cannathlete #runstagrammm #goprorunning #mountains #rampartrange #runviews #runshots #trailsisters #foreveryrun #mountains #happytrails #trailrunner #outtherecolorado #optoutside #trailrunning #timetofly #my_cosprings #womenwhofly #visitcosprings #roscosrunners #rwrunstreak #snow (at Colorado Springs, Colorado)

[katehikerun]

FANTASTIC run this morning with a few snow flurries. There is a little less than an inch now, but #WinterKate has been unleashed! . . . . . #elevation #colorfulcolorado #ilovecolorado #ColoradoSprings #runcolorado #instarunners #igrunners #womensrunningcommunity #runstagram #runstagrammm #goprorunning #mountains #frontrange #runviews #runshots #trailsisters #foreveryrun #mountains #happytrails #trailrunner #trailrunning #timetofly #womenwhofly (at US Air Force Academy (Official))

[katehikerun]

I need to start doing some hill repeats. The first mile of my run was all incline, and a struggle fest with oxygen. . . . . #elevation #colorfulcolorado #ilovecolorado #ColoradoSprings #runcolorado #instarunners #igrunners #womensrunningcommunity #runstagram #goprorunning #mountains #frontrange #runviews #runshots #trailsisters #foreveryrun #bobross #mountains #happytrails #trailrunner #trailrunning #timetofly #womenwhofly

[heatherjeff]

Change is Coming

Years ago, it seems like another lifetime ago, Bill, Heather, Lara, and I started running at Washington Lee track once we week. We met (very) early in the morning but the plan stuck and it just became part of what we did. Running on a track was not a thing I ever did before so this was challenging. From there we had the good fortune of hooking up with LUNA and though we lost Bill we gained a lot of new girl running friends. This is the last month that LUNA will be our sponsor so another change is in the works. 

 Track post 1500s, look at those happy faces 

The track is good for a lot of things but I did not predict it would be a place that I would meet so many fantastic women. I guess anyone who is nutty enough to show up at 5:45am is either crazy or pretty fun. 

We have run all year around, in all sorts of weather,  and for as much as (I) we may complain, we all keep coming back for more. Mile repeats, ladders, broken miles, workouts so complex we have had to use a whiteboard- we have seen them all. On Thursday mornings, like clockwork, we are back again to see what is in store. 

LUNA gave us bars, prizes, and uniforms but mainly it gave us a structure. We all agreed to show up, rain or shine, from April to October and that is what we have done for years. We also hosted an “off season” track to extend the season to year round. I am grateful for this opportunity and these women as well as the time to build something that is bigger than a Thursday morning workout. 

This Thursday morning marks our last LUNA workout and next Thursday November 3 is kind of a special day. The morning track workout will officially transition over to a Women’s Pacers Running track workout. In the evening we will host our LUNA end of season auction at Claire and Don’s Beach Shack. November 3 is literally the day we jump into the new and send the old off with a party deserving of the joy LUNA track has brought us. 

The plan for the new track group is to take all that LUNA gave us: women, structure, a plan, and a place and keep it going. All are welcome, we will show up with a workout and options. We will meet at the same time and place and keep doing what has worked so well for us. I hope we can encourage and support women, who like me, did not know why a track is a special place. It is punishing but now when I see the splits I can run as a 42 year old I am grateful to know it is possible. Running is so easy and uncomplicated and running with friends is really when the magic happens. Here is to sending an old chapter off in style while leaving space for something new. 

May the track continue to be the place we meet at 5:45am every Thursday morning and grow to be #ForEveryRun.