Testimonials
Here's what people are saying about their experience with our Running Academy
- Subject: I made my goal!!!
Hi Sharyn & Michelle
All of the hill work and fartlek's paid off!! I achieved my speed goal much sooner than I expected. I ran the 5K yesterday in 30:46 (9:55 pace). My goal was a 10 min mile. This is the first time I've been able to run in decades without severe pain in my knees or hip. Michelle, when I first started in Jan, I had a hard time running 3-1's. Running at 6MPH for more than a few seconds made me out-of-breath and something would start hurting. Sharyn, remember I was complaining about the 6-1's being too hard =) The only breaks I took yesterday were for a few seconds at the water breaks to let my heart rate come down (which also happens much more quickly now).
MY KNEES ARE FINE TODAY!!!! And we even went to Peter's Canyon on the way home from the race yesterday and did another 2 miles. Thank you guys SOOOOOO much!!!! - -Linda
- I haven't been an active runner in decades. But after promising myself that I would get back out there, I finally joined A Snail's Pace Running Academy in the Running 101 course. Though I was a little apprehensive at first, the Running Academy instructors were welcoming and truly knowledgeable about a wide variety of aspects of running. The group approach also provided lots of different people at a variety of levels to run with. The instructors answered our questions, no matter how small or trivial. Their interval approach to running, which emphasized increasing your fitness level as well as your time running, was new and unique to me. It provided an easy way to get back in shape. After only three months, I have gone from being "fresh from the couch" to running 5k's and working toward my first 10k in decades. I even see Half Marathons in my future. Their extra emphasis in running safely and not getting injured is an added bonus. Without A Snail's Pace Running Academy, I suspect I would still be on the couch!
- -Desiree Causey