BUILDING STEAM
WHAT IS BUILDING STEAM?
Building Steam is a eleven-week program to help runners, potential runners, and walkers prepare for the Steamboat Classic 4 Mile Race. It is a proven program that puts participants of similar abilities together with motivated and understanding volunteer coaches. Our goal is that all participants finish the four miles of the Steamboat Classic successfully. You will make new friends as you train and practice. We offer weekly discussions on strength and stretching, visualization, nutrition, physical therapy, sports massage, sports medicine, and safety. Our other goals are to have fun, to feel better, and to learn some valuable lessons of fitness. And, of course, there's the finish line. We want you to enjoy and finish the Steamboat Classic just like so m any others have.
WHO IS IN BUILDING STEAM?
One fifth of all Steamboat Classic participants and most of our coaches are graduates of Building Steam. The cross-section of prior participants includes friends, family, and coworkers – new runners, walkers, and the health conscious. We include people who want to feel better, be less sedentary, lose a little weight, or get started or back to running or walking. Many of us couldn't run the first night or the first month, but we crossed that finish line just like the elite runners! Some of us came as a team of coworkers or on a dare. Some of us build for the Steamboat Classic every year because we only run in one race a year, but we MUST be in the Steamboat Classic. Many of us just stay in it because we like to say we ran with world champions – just further back in the pack and a little slower. We participate in Peoria's most prestigious sporting event and we know that unique thrill that only a few people ever know. We want you to share that feeling.
WHAT WILL WE DO?
Sign up now, then bring a friend or come a make new ones at the orientation session the week of April 1, 2012 to one of our four Building Steam training locations. We will introduce ourselves and the program, and share our plans for the next ten Wednesdays. On the second night, the week of April 9th, wear supportive running or walking shoes and comfortable clothes. After our brief introduction, we will walk, jog, or run along the Peoria riverfront. Come for the fun, come for the fitness, come for a dare, or come for the challenge; but don't put off what you know you want to do – JOIN US! Let's Build some Steam for the Steamboat Classic on June 16th, 2012.
OKAY! WHEN AND WHERE?
Building Steam is being offered at four convenient locations: Chillicothe, Pekin, Peoria, and Washington. The week of April 1, 2012 we will start with an orientation session at each of the four Building Steam training locations. Our weekly sessions continue for the next ten weeks, and conclude with the attainment of our goal: the finish line of the Steamboat Classic on Saturday, June 16, 2012. Seeking for another opportunity to run and build confidence? Join us every Monday (starting on April 9th) at 6 p.m. at Woodruff High School for informal runs!
Sessions will be held at:
- Chillicothe – Tuesdays at 6 PM, hosted by the Chillicothe Park District at Pearce Community Center
- Pekin – Saturdays at 9 AM, hosted by the Pekin Park District at the Royal Avenue Shelter in Mineral Springs Park
- Peoria – Wednesdays at 6 PM, hosted at the Riverplex
- Washington – Thursdays at 6 PM, hosted by the Washington Park District at Five Points
WHAT IS THE COST AND HOW DO I JOIN?
Entry Fees Including Race Entry – $75.00
Just think, you get 11 weeks of coaching, a participants-only Building Steam T-Shirt, a training log, and your fee INCLUDES your entry into the 2011 Steamboat Classic (with its own original T-Shirt). The camaraderie is priceless. Some of our best friends are runners and fitness walkers; and we want you too!
