The Five W's - WWWWWHooooooooosh...

The story of TRY, from an investigative journalists perspective -- we're ripping the lid off of it!

WHO:
Anyone who is looking for jogging camaraderie, looking to improve their running, and is willing to do so without offending other members who may not be as comfortable or as fast at running as you. (Kelly picking on people's weight is the ONLY exception. Cause that is funny!)

There is a lot of experience in the group with marathons, selling drugs, half-marathons, being a woman, triathlons, being a hottie, injury recovery, being a douche-bag, 5 ks, milking a cow, 15 ks, serving steaks, being blind, running a news station, etc... So, if you have questions about running (or life), this is a great place to get some useful answers from people who have been there, done that.


WHAT:
TRY - Tuesday Recreational Yogging. As explained by the two greatest minds of modern cinema. Ron Burgandy explains the exercise trend:



And master of the force, Yoda, explains the name:



Well, except that he got it wrong. Because there is a try, now. [Yoda voice] Wrong I was, hmmmmm?! Slipping, I must be? [end Yoda voice]


WHERE:
Physically, we meet at the Wegman's Playground end of Onondaga Lake Park. Or, if you prefer a visual aid, look at this map:



Electronically, the members are coordinated and meet at the website: http://www.thereisatry.com/ ("there is a try" is the smooshed together word in the middle). Yes, there is some internet magic at work and the "old" site is still where the content is hosted, so you can still go there. But please tell new people and please remember the simple name, so that you can always find the web site, even if you lose your bookmarks and your browsing history. No excuses! Even if you are blonde.


WHEN:
With very few exceptions, we meet every Tuesday night from March through November, at 5:30. (With a courtesy 5 minutes provided, so we actually hit the pavement at 5:35.)

Come a few minutes early for socialization. Stay a few minutes afterwards for more socialization and for the occasional food or ice-cream outing.

Exceptions to the norm are late in the season (think November-ish) when we run out of daylight and have to meet earlier. Or the two times a summer when the Corporate Challenge or our play date get in the way.

A calendar is provided at the top of the website to help figure out the exceptions.


WHY:
There are a lot of reasons "why", but the final impetus has become known as "my marathon marathon story".


HOW:
We meet up at the park. We quickly triage what people are looking to run that night and sort of split up into groups that are doing like-minded runs. The group run has become an interval workout, because it is the most effective training run that keeps the group together (somewhat), while still allowing each individual to optimize their workout.

Here is a recent article from active.com about intervals-101. But I'll clip the highlights:
"The goal of interval training is to slowly "build up" time spent running at a very high levels, which increase our body's ability to run at a sustained anaerobic pace for longer periods of time."

"The physiological change resulting from pushing the body past its normal comfortable speed of running is increasing aerobic and anaerobic capacity and recruiting the use of fast twitch muscles. This enables us to operate at a higher and faster level and increasing tolerance to lactic acid build up. The actual translation of interval training is to steadily increase your comfortable running pace."
"By effectively mixing intervals into your routine, you will find that you'll get much more out of your distance or timed runs. Interval training is a fantastic way to improve your stamina for those tough parts of the run when you would normally hit the brakes and slow down."

"By properly including intervals into your running routine, you'll find yourself not only pushing through the tough times in your training, but you'll also be astounded by that extra speed you have at the end of a race. Your mile pace will improve dramatically and you will be setting a new personal best in no time!"
Any level of runner, can gain from doing intervals - so I do encourage everyone to do them on Tuesday nights with us. If you haven't done them before - let a leader of TRY know - and we'll help ease you into them.