Marathon News and Updates
APRIL 23, 2018

Greetings!

With our second newsletter, we continue to signup and welcome JMT2018 runners for the Chicago and Marine Corps Marathons ... we're honored to have you on the team! To catch up on past newsletters, please click here.

Coach Everett's training schedules (first time and experienced) are included below. Please take a moment to read his philosophy and advise before starting the training plan.

If you haven't done so, we encourage you to join the Facebook group page.

Feel free to contact anyone of us with questions or concerns.

Thank you all for all you do!


Phone: 708-205-5692
Coach's Training Plans
philosophy and advise
Runners - If you are currently not running three times per week and/or your current running base is not near the total distance indicated in Week one of the marathon training plan that you wish to follow, then your goal over the next several weeks, (until your training start date) should be to
slowly increase the distance of your weekly runs, and, the distance of your weekend Long Run, to match that in week one of the training plan. 

To reduce risk of injury - Do Not try to do match the training plan suddenly. Slowly increase from running 2 or 3 time per week up to 4 times per week, and increase total distance and Long Run distance by only ~10%/week.  Increase runs distance from 2-3 to 4-5 miles and then to 5-6 miles over several weeks leading up to the training start date.   

If your running base is already at or even above that given in the week one of the training plan you plan to follow, continue to run you current base runs and miles until the training plan catches up to you. 


Personal Trainer
Shin Splints - pain along the front of the shin bone (tibia) is a common running injury brought on by overuse.

Click out the video below to view a series of exercises to help with recovery or avoidance.


Join Matthew on Instagram for more tips.
Sun Safety
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Fundraising
Crunching the numbers
Although many studies support using a personal story for fundraising success, numbers can sometimes help a donor determine a giving amount.

Here are a few to use in your fundraising requests:

$26.20 = 26.2 for those who can't.

$30  = Melanoma has been rising for the past 30 years. 

$54  = One person dies every 54 minutes from melanoma.

$91.27  = 91,270 New cases of melanoma will be diagnosed in the US in 2018 (ACS estimate). 

$250  = Free skin screening (average fee charged by dermatologist's offices for a visit and skin screening).

$800  = Melanoma costs over $800 million to treat annually.
Jack's Team Bibs
Jack's Team has BIBS
If you have friends looking for bibs, we have Chicago, New York and Marine Corps. Details are below. Please share the link.

  • Chicago - Don't delay ... bibs until June 15th.
  • New York City - Only one bib remaining.
  • Marine Corps - 40 bibs with low fundraising $250
  • Berlin - Full (accepting applications for 2019).