HI Y’all,

We’ve got our 3rd Annual Jingle Bell Fun Run Event for our little families this weekend!  I will tell you, with 165 members…it’s much more difficult to make a plan that works for everyone than when we were just 15 friends emailing each other to run!  So we had to just PICK ONE and go with it.  And for those of us that it doesn’t work for (me included!)…we’ll make it work by adjusting! If you need an alternative, be sure to check out the FB page to see who is doing what/when/where!  We want everyone to be able to get their run in…AND make it to the Jingle Run if they want!  If you haven’t already done so, please RSVP/register (instructions here: https://goparr.com/3rd-annual-jingle-bell-run/  ) – Plan is for festivities to start 9:00ish at Centennial Park in the front Pavillion.

This week is a Progression Run.  For this run you want 30 break the run into thirds…and progressively get faster with each third.  Typically, you’d start at your HM or FM PLUS 30 seconds, next third AT your HM or FM and the final third your HM or FM MINUS 30 seconds.  With your overall average to be your HM or FM when you’re done.  This is great training and looks really good on paper.  BUT…it’s HARD! I’ve had to adjust to 15 seconds above and below to be more realistic for me.  Just a warning and food for thought.

The scheduled run is going to start/end at Centennial Park in Pearland – 3219 Mclean Rd, Pearland, TX 77584.  And because it is a TIME-BASED RUN…it will be an out and back, with every one reaching THEIR turnaround point somewhere different.  This will also be a little wonky, because Centennial Park is smack in the middle of our long stretch of good out and back! So the plan is to do a literal out and back, so you just need to be sure to run the same route back as you did out! (in case you don’t follow this route!)

Departure Time from Centennial Park:
HM – 7:15AM – 90 minute total run (u-turn 47ish)
FM – 5:45AM – 180 minute totoal run (u-turn 95ish)
Leave Centennial Park to the Left.
Right on Magnolia,
Right on CR89/Cullen – Water will be here
Left on Northfork
Left on CR 90
Right on Southwyck
Left on CR94
Left on Magnolia (U-TURN will most likely be on here for the FM Folks)…so you’ll go BACK THE WAY YOU CAME, which will mean back to CR94, Southwyck, CR90, Northfork, Cullen to Magnolia again. We gotta do what we gotta do!

Happy Runs Y’all.
Aimee