2021 Women Run Arkansas Training Clinic - Van Buren

Free 10 week training program for women of all ages and abilities to learn to run or walk for exercise. At the completion of the 10 weeks of training your graduation event will be the Women Can Run/Walk 5K in Conway on November 6th 2021. Clinics will meet twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays at 6:00 PM at the Van Buren Track, 2001 E Pointer Trail in Van Buren.

The first clinic session will be Monday, August 30th at 6:00 PM.

If you have any questions contact Whitney Harvey-Titi at vanburenwraclinic@gmail.com or 479-670-6456.

Training groups are as follows:

Walker Group A - Your goal is to train to walk up to 3.1 miles, and/or learn to walk longer and at a faster pace.

Walker Group B - Your goal is to train to walk up to 3.1 miles using alternating slow-fast intervals. The duration of the fast walking intervals will increase weekly, improving your pace. Your training time will increase to 45-50 minutes in the last few weeks of the clinic.

Beginning Runner A - Your goal is to train to run/walk up to 3.1 miles. You are not running any and want to complete a 5K.

Beginning Runner B - Your goal is to train to run/walk up to 3.1 miles. You are currently running 3 minutes or less at a time.

Intermediate Runner - Your goal is to train to run consistently up to 3.1 miles. You are currently running at least 4 minutes at a time with walk breaks for up to 30 minutes total.

Advanced Runner - Your goal is to run longer distances and at a faster pace. You are currently running approximately 3 miles and have possibly run some 5K or 10K races. You want to increase your speed and run for longer distances