Welcome! Ancient City Road Runners (ACRR) is excited to present the Gate River Run Training Program in St. Augustine. This program is an nine-week program designed for runners who are currently run/walk or running 3-4 miles about 3 times a week. This training program will prepare you to run or run/walk a 15k race. The program will have runs on Vilano Bridge and longer runs on flat roads. Included in the training will be intervals workouts with access to a track and coaching. One of the last training runs will be a "practice" Gate River Run in St. Augustine. The route will take participants over the Bridge of Lions and Vilano Bridge.

The program will begin Monday, January 2nd and conclude with the Gate River Run on March 4th. Group runs with coaching will occur on Monday nights at 5:30pm, with some coaching & tips, followed by a tempo run with a designated pace leader. Runners will become acclimated with running an incline using the Vilano Bridge. Wednesday nights at 5:30pm, track workouts will be available. Although optional, it is strongly encouraged and always at your ability. Coaching is provided at the track. On Saturdays at 7am, groups will meet up at the St. Augustine Beach Publix with long easy runs with pace leaders.

CLASS COACHES

Coaching will be under the direction of Chip Gusler who is a USA Triathlon level 2 coach. Coach Chip has worked with people of all levels of training and is an avid runner. He enjoys seeing and hearing others reach their fitness goals. In addition, Anne Windley, certified coach, will be leading some of the sessions with Coach Chip. Anne is an experienced runner and coach from the local area. Anne combines her teaching experience as a public educator and love of running into coaching and helping others. In addition, to the coaches, there will also be ACRR pace leaders providing guidance and encouragement on Mondays and Saturdays.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Registration is online for the training class. There is a small fee for credit/debit card payment online. Current ACRR members will receive a discount code in the club email. Registration for the Gate River Run 15k is a separate registration & fee. The cost of the program for non-members is $70, which includes a 12-month membership to ACRR, a training shirt, an eight-week training program and coaching. Current ACRR members is $50, which includes a training shirt, an eight-week training program and coaching.

CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information check Ancient City Road Runners Facebook page and/or their website @ https://ancientcityroadrunners.org/. Feel free to contact Kathy Tucker, Vice President/Program Coordinator of ACRR @ [email protected]. Include "Gate River Run Training Program" in the subject line of the email.