Springfield Power Walkers

As a follow-up to the article about Power Walking in August’s issue of FootTrails, Springfield Power Walkers is now on Facebook. Springfield Power Walker is a new group that is making it’s debut this year with Abe’s Army.  Springfield Power Walkers are NOT Race Walkers. They are a group, for whatever reasons, whose bodies/joints will no [...]

Back on Track with KT Mack

Work on Your Speed with Tuesday  night track.

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During April and about half of May, we will meet at the Washington Park pavilion at 5:30 pm. Then in May, we will switch to having track work-outs at the Sacred Heart-Griffin Track.
The purpose of the Wednesday night work-outs is to get faster. This doesn’t mean [...]

SRRC Socials

Welcome to the NEW SRRC Social page. Our fearless Social Director, Patty Schaefer, is currently working on some social events for members of the SRRC.
#1- July 17- SRRC Golf Outing @ Long Bridge Golf Course with a shotgun start @ 3:00 PM
#2- August 14- Cubs v Cards bus trip to St. Louis @ 3:10 PM
#3- [...]

Summer Wits- Chicago/Fall Marathon Training Group

From cold to bold… join Summer Wits now!
What is Summer Wits you ask? Basically, it’s a spin-off from the HalfWits group, organized by Kimee Armour, Jessica Larson, and Linda Castor. It is for anyone who needs to train for a fall 2010 Marathon. We decided to follow Hal Higdon’s 18-week comprehensive Novice 2 Guide, tweaked [...]

Be Healthy Springfield Series

Throughout the summer Springfield Road Runners Club members will provide a wide array of advice at  Behealthyspringfield.com on running from what you need to wear to what is involved in training for a race.
Along with their advice, Todd Smith, behealthyspringfield.com coordinator, will train in Abe’s Army for the Abe’s Amble and will give a weekly update [...]