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Note the Time, Trail and Distance changes this week!!
HM – 4 Miles @ 7:00AM @ Ranch Dr Milpitas as per HM Schedule
FM – 11 Miles @ 6:00AM @ Ranch Dr Milpitas as per FM schedule.
Parking: There are ONLY 10 parking spots near the trail. So please park on the other side of Ranch Drive and walk to the trail.
Trail: Click here
Tip of the week:
As FM runners are crossing 10 miles, along with water and electrolyte drink, I encourage you all to carry the energy gels so you can have it when you need energy to push yourself to the finish line.
Read more about energy gels here
You can buy Energy gels from shops like REI or online like Amazon. Buy one or 2 of your favorite flavor, try it and then order in bulk from store or online.

HM continues the 3 mile run for this week as well. Enjoy the same run!!
FM will be swinging back to 10 Miles. As FM runners are touching double digit please:
- Load well on carbs for friday night dinner
- Drink lot of water from friday and whole saturday
- Have atleast 6 Hrs of sleep – please move movie nights from Friday to Saturday :)
- To avoid cramps bring water/gatorade during the run.
HM – 3 Miles @ 7:30AM as per HM Schedule
FM – 10 Miles @ 6:30AM as per FM schedule.
When: 10th April 2010, Saturday
Where: 1922, Gold St, Alviso, CA
Trail: http://www.favoriterun.com/211411
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As part of the HM or FM training program, we strongly recommend that you discuss with your doctor about your plan for running HM or FM. We advise all our runners to do their physical examination with their doctor. This is recommended for any endurance event. Please do this as soon as possible.
We would also like to emphasis the following tips:
- Make an appointment with your physician if you have any physical pain that lasts more than a few days.
- Avoid running with any type of injury, unless your are being treated by a physician and advised to do so

HM moves 1 Mile up to 3 Miles. FM will be having a small dip from 9 Miles last week to 6 Miles. So FM runners enjoy the break :)
HM – 3 Miles @ 7:30AM as per HM Schedule
FM – 6 Miles @ 6:30AM as perFM Schedule
When: 3rd April 2010, Saturday
Where: 1922, Gold St, Alviso, CA
Trail: http://www.favoriterun.com/211411
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This write up is given by one of our runner, Ganesan Subramanian after his 2nd Full Marathon on march 28, 2010.
Congratulations Ganesan !.
Thanks for giving this valuable tips for our runners.
Excerpt from his email:
================================= My First FM was 6 years back in SFO.
During first one I was a novice for full marathon. I didn’t do the below precautions before the first marathon run but did this time:
1) Applying anti-itch ointment at bottom joints.(my co-worker suggestion)
2) Covering nipple with band aids. Covering the nipple helps a lot.(my co-worker suggestion)
3) Massage, Massage, Massage the legs on the previous day.
4) Drinking lot of carbohydrates 2 hours before the run. Try the new GU-roctane gel. Take couple of them in your pocket and follow the instruction.
5) Training on the hills a lot. I didn’t run more than 22 or 23miles but I did it many time for this marathon practice.
6) Conserved energy for the last 6 miles. My first marathon I didn’t conserve energy. So, I was having 9mins/mile till 18 mile. From 18-22 it was 10 mins a mile average. The last 4 miles I was dragging my feet because I couldn’t even walk and was about to quit. This time point 5 and conserving energy helped me to finish by running.
Last time itself I did this:
7) Wearing dry fits(prevents lot of abrasion compared to cotton t-shirts)(Mohan’s advice)
8) Drank lot of water 2 hours before the actual run(book and website)
9) Proper shoes.( Mohan’s advice)
If TEAM is going to run Full Marathon in hills then they have to train in hills. The muscles coming into play are different. So, train in hills. Run 20-22 at least 3 times. if possible 22-24.
One more thing I should have done but didn’t do is develop more thigh power and chest power by lot of squats and push ups. Both will help in running up hill and run faster(my co-worker suggestion). That too for diabetic patients like me it would have helped a lot. But the fact is I didn’t do.
If you want to add speed as part of your marathon then train by running several short sprints.(my co-worker suggestion, who ran in 3 hours 35 mins)
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