“Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first” John 20: 3-4
Join (or volunteer to help) Frassati and Newman on a breathtakingly beautiful half marathon on March 12th. If you already jog on occasion and can run around 6-7 miles at a slow comfortable pace, then there is enough time for you to get in shape and train for this truly spectacular half-marathon just an hour and a half north of Seattle. Fr. Chrysostom, Br. Philip (and possibly Fr. Thomas Aquinas) will be attending.
If you want to volunteer for the marathon with other Newman/Frassati members and cheer our runners on, fill our this form. For each volunteer we gain a free registration for our students; we’re also working on some team t-shirts for you to wear. If you want to run in the (half) marathon: first, register for the marathon on their website, and then fill out this form.
Marathon Cost (funding help is available for students. Fill our the form).
Before Feb 28: $85 (Half) $95 (Full)
March 1 - April 3: $95 (Half), $105 (Full)
Marathon Website: https://www.destinationtrailrun.com/deception-pass-marathon-half.html
How to train. Training for a half marathon is not as rigorous as training for a full; and there are a lot of resources to help you. I highly suggest downloading the free Nike Run app on your smartphone, and using their half-marathon training (look under Training Plans). Just enter the date of the marathon, and it will automatically calculate how much and what kind of exercises you should be doing per week to train, and will take into account how many days you have to do it. The minimum suggested is to run three times a week: one long but slow run (which should increase in time every week leading up to the event), plus one regular run, and third, either a short but very fast run (usually with intervals of sprinting for a min, then slow jog for three), or a regular run but uphill. If you can commit to that, you can do the marathon.