Official charity announcement

Got this announcement from our Race Director today-

At Ragnar we are passionate about children’s health and fitness and are pleased to announce the Boys and Girls Club of Hartford as the official Ragnar Relay New England charity. For 150 years, BGCH has been in the forefront of youth development, working with young people from disadvantaged economic, social and family circumstances. BGCH serves over 4200 at-risk youth in the city of Hartford and is dedicated to ensuring that the community’s disadvantaged youngsters (ages 6-18) have greater access to quality programs and services that will enhance their lives and positively shape their futures.

There are two different ways you can help Ragnar raise funds for the Boys and Girls Club:

1. As an alternative to recruiting your own volunteers, teams may pay $120 per volunteer to have volunteers recruited for them. All net proceeds from this program will benefit the Boys and Girls Club. For more information click here.

2. We encourage teams to fund raise and donate to the Boys and Girls Club. The team that raises the most money will receive a free team entry to any remaining Ragnar Relay races in 2010 or a free team for the Ragnar Relay New England 2011 and 3 volunteer credits. The second place team will receive 25% off any remaining 2010 race or Ragnar Relay New England 2011 and 3 volunteer credits. The third place team will receive 3 volunteer credits for any remaining 2010 race or Ragnar Relay New England 2011.

Seeking Volunteers!

We’re looking for volunteers to help with Sole Survivors Ragnar Relay on May 21st. Some info from those in charge…

Volunteer registration opens April 14th at 9am EDT.

Volunteers must:
# Be at least 16 years old and have a valid drivers license
# Provide their own transportation to and from their assigned location
# Wear their official volunteer T-shirt while at their assigned location
# Be physically able to perform their assigned duties
# Be willing to fulfill any assigned volunteer time
# Be willing to fulfill their entire shift at an assigned location

Hood to Coast

A little inspiration for our own race…

Ragnar Training

The major impetus behind me getting Nathanael to set this up for us to be able to motivate each other while we “train”. I said it, train! I still consider myself a new runner, although at this point I’ve been distance running for almost 2 years. I’m not a very fast runner, and I’m certainly going to need to step up my current little jogs if I’m going to make it through this thing in May.  Below is a training schedule that I took from the Ragnar website, it’s a place to start – but I bet we can do better.  Who has a training plan that they like?  Who’s been hitting the trails (roads, treadmill, sidewalks) lately?  I did 4.5 miles this evening after work!  See, the motivation is paying off already.

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	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
March 1	25MN	R/C	30MN	R/C	25MN	50MN	Rest
March 8	30MN	R/C	35MN	R/C	25MN	55MN	Rest
March 15	30-H	R/C	40MN	R/C	30MN	60MN	Rest
March 22	35-H	R/C	45MN	R/C	30MN	20/20MN	Rest
March 29	35-H	R/C	50MN	R/C	35MN	80MN	Rest
April 5	40-H	R/C	55MN	R/C	35MN	25/25MN	Rest
April 12	40-H	R/C	60MN	R/C	40MN	100MN	Rest
April 19	45-H	R/C	65MN	Rest	45MN	30/30MN	Rest
April 26	45-H	R/C	70MN	Rest	30MN	120MN	Rest
May 3	50-H	R/C	60MN	Rest	30MN	35/35/35	Rest
May 10	60-H	R/C	50MN	Rest	40MN	20/40	Rest
May 17	30MN	R/C	20MN	Rest	Race	Race	Sleep!

Schedule Key
H = Hills – start and finish hill workouts with 10 min of easy running
/ = Multiple Runs – two to three runs within 24 hours
MN = Minutes
R/C = Rest or Cross-Train Easy – this is your easy recovery day

Testing & stuff

YJP says we should have a team blog. How do we feel about wordpress.com?