Fall Racing Season, Strength, & Trail Running

Coach MK livestreams question and answer sessions each week on the Fitness Protection Program Facebook Page, and The Fitness Protection  Program YouTube Channel simultaneously. Join us! They are a lot of fun, super informative, and anyone may ask follow-up questions during the live broadcast!

This week, Coach MK talks about the fall race season, strength, and trail running. 

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• Char Gore says “October is my month! I just finished nearly one year of cancer treatment.  Chemo, radiation,  and surgery are all behind me now. The last few weeks of treatment were horrible. I was weak and sick. But I am 2 weeks out from that and stronger every day. I hope to slowly start strength and walking and then running.  I think of October as my new birth month!”

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• JJ Jensen participated in the virtual London Marathon

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• Alicia Budd has been cleared by her doctor to run again!

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• Trisha Thorme’s broken toe has finally healed and she is ready to run again

• Sara Seeburg signed up for a challenge to run 87 miles by Election Day in honor of RBG.

• Corina Hall Terry has finally reached the point where running for 2 hours does not wipe her out.

• Emily Sorenson did her first-ever virtual trail race.  She also realized she has been the most consistent with her running that she ever been when not training for something specific.

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• Maybe I missed this somewhere, but why the mixture of 150 BPM and 140 BPM heart rate caps in ReBuild? e.g., Avocado Toast is