Abes Army Group

First NIght of Abe's Army!!!

2011-06-06T09:17:00.000-07:00

Tonight will be the first official meeting of our Abe's Army group! We will meet at 5:45, in the fairgrounds, under the shelter behind the grandstand. The leaders will have the Blue 3 sign, and will likely congregate near the "Wine World" building in the North West corner of the shelter.

We are planning to run about three miles tonight. There will probably be a stop for water in the middle where we will regroup, so it will be more like two mile-and-a-half runs instead.

It is going to be hot, so make sure that you hydrate yourselves well this afternoon. It is a process that takes a few hours, you can't just down a bunch of water at 5:30 and call it good.

Are you excited to get out and running yet?

See you tonight!

Welcome Abe's Army 2011!!!!!

2011-05-23T11:35:00.000-07:00

This will be a place for us to pass along information to you, as well as a place for you to share or request any info you may have or want. We are here to help you reach your goals for Abe's Amble 10K, whether that is to finish under a certain time, or simply to finish. We look forward to spending the summer running with you, and hope you will enjoy the experience.

Dave, Nick, and Chris

7/26 - group run

2010-07-26T11:55:00.000-07:00

Well, here we are. Tonight, we are going to run the full race course. We will take our time and regroup at the water stops. Next week, the whole of Abe's Army will be running the course as a race simulation. We are going to use this week just to get the mileage in. Be sure to hydrate as it warm today. See you tonight

Thursday 7/22

2010-07-21T07:59:00.001-07:00

Hey all,

First off, I want to say how impressed I am. Not only were we one of only 4-5 groups that ran Monday, but we were easily the biggest number wise. And, I didn't hear one complaint (actually heard more when we threatened to not run!). That shows some serious dedication right there.

Thursday night we are planning to meet at Lutheran High School on West Washington, and run from there out to the intersection with Old Covered Bridge Lane. This should give us four miles worth of hills, and plenty of leg strength, LOL.

Route

Parking

Lutheran has asked that we park in the WEST lot, so if you're coming from Veterans, you will actually have to drive past the building and then turn left into the lot. It is one-way around, so please pay attention to the traffic marking. I'm thinking we will probably be best off to congregate in the North West corner of the lot, since most of the teacher use the South side.

Park in the lot with marker!

See you all Thursday Night!

Nick

Thursday 7/15

2010-07-14T05:55:00.000-07:00

As we discussed last night we will meet this Thurs at Washington park at our normal spot by the playground at 545 - 550 and jog to MacArthur to do speed work at the blvd. Maybe 6 x 400s then jog back. Next Thurs we will plan on a hilly run, most likely out West Washington st. Mondays we will dedicate to running the abe's course! I hope all of you can make it out these next two Thurs!

July 12th Group Run

2010-07-09T11:34:00.001-07:00

Hey all,

This Monday, the group will be meeting at the FAIRGROUNDS so that we can get some miles in on the actual race course and it's hills. We will be running about 5 miles, using a slightly modified race course. Run the race route until you get to the cemetery, then do just the first small loop in the cemetery. When you come back through the park, take the short way around instead of looping around the back side like the race course does. This should leave a distance of right at 5 miles when you get back to the grandstand.

I won't be there this week, so have a good run. Remember to stay hydrated and try to have fun!

Nick

Thursday 7/8

2010-07-08T08:26:00.000-07:00

For anybody who's interested, we will be at Washington Park around 5:45 to get a few miles in. After that, a couple of us are gonna go have dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings. Feel free to join us at both places, or which ever one you can make. :BEER:

Monday July 5th

2010-07-02T13:29:00.001-07:00

We are once again going to meet at Washington Park. We will shoot for 4.5 miles including some of the hills around the park.

Saturday July 3rd.

2010-07-02T13:27:00.001-07:00

There will be a small group of us at the Washington Park shelter at 8:30 am for a short run. Myself and the other leaders cannot be there due to previous commitments, but Chris, Bill, and possibly Stephanie are going to be there.

Is any body racing this weekend? I know there is a 5K in Jacksonville. Let me know if you are planning on attending.

Monday 6/28 group run - WASHINGTON PARK

2010-06-27T19:08:00.001-07:00

On our run Saturday morning, we discussed meeting at Lincoln Park with the rest of Abe's Army, and decided it would be better to meet elsewhere. We are going to meet at Washington Park instead, at the normal place under the shelter by the playground. I would bet that we will not be the only group meeting there though, so keep an eye open for others. We also have had a couple requests for some speed workouts since a lot of you can not make the Tuesday track nights. Therefore, we will lead you in a hill sprint workout around the park, which will consist of a mile warm-up, somewhere between 4-6 quarter mile hill sprints depending on how everybody feels, and a cool down (distance to be decided). See you at the park tomorrow!

Abe's Army 5K race

2010-06-21T11:38:00.000-07:00

Here is the route for tonight's 5K race. See you all there.

BWW Run Thursday 6-17

2010-06-17T05:38:00.000-07:00

We will meet at the shelter at Washington Park for a 3-4 mile run. After ward, dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings!!

Route for 6-14

2010-06-14T08:38:00.000-07:00

For this weeks route, we are going to run over to Lincoln Park and do a small loop there. We will head out the main gate of the fairgrounds, loop around the park, and come back in the main gate again. This should be about 3 and a quarter miles.

Abe's Army 2010

2010-06-09T14:29:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our group blog. We will try to keep this updated with the courses for each Monday and coordinate runs throughout the rest of the week. Week 2 is behind us and we have 10 more to go.