Hey all, just wanted to take a second to share:
I had an awesome opportunity to lead a 7 week (1 day a week) running clinic (1/2 seminar 1/2 training each night) in Knoxville, TN in partnership with a local 5k there (Volunteer Ministry Center). What made this clinic work so well was that two of the people who came out to train were a local news anchor and the star of areas largest radio morning show (Star 102.1).
Through them, the story got a lot of air time and they would actually bring a camera crew out to each run and then show interview clips as a story every Thursday for 7 weeks. As it's not live (only 1 was), you never know what they'll keep and what they'll edit out obviously, but my "naked" feet did get some air time and they let me talk about this "crazy new running style" as they dubbed it.
Over the 7 weeks we had over 80 different people come out with a core group of about 35 that made it to all 7. For about 80% of the group, this will be their first 5k ever, and then about 20% of the group were already accomplished distance runners.
The links to the videos/articles are below for anyone who may be interested/find them helpful - the very last one definitely receieved the most barefoot specific air time and instruction:
http://www.wate.com/story/15252071/ready-to-run-group-learns-about-interval-training
http://www.wate.com/story/15292626/trainer-teaches-ready-to-run-group-how-to-make-running-easier
http://www.wate.com/story/15334788/ready-to-run-groups-training-picks-up-intensity
http://www.wate.com/story/15379623/ready-to-run-group-trains-through-the-aches
http://www.wate.com/story/15421217/ready-to-run-group-trains-longer-moves-to-5k-course
http://www.wate.com/story/15474041/5k-race-will-make-couples-wedding-day-even-more-memorable
** http://www.wate.com/story/15527385/ready-to-run-group-does-final-training-for-first-5k **
The main page that has links to all of the articles/videos can be found here: http://www.wate.com/category/217945/ready-to-run
http://secondwindbook.blogspot.com/2011/09/dormant-to-dominant-program-in-news.html
I had an awesome opportunity to lead a 7 week (1 day a week) running clinic (1/2 seminar 1/2 training each night) in Knoxville, TN in partnership with a local 5k there (Volunteer Ministry Center). What made this clinic work so well was that two of the people who came out to train were a local news anchor and the star of areas largest radio morning show (Star 102.1).
Through them, the story got a lot of air time and they would actually bring a camera crew out to each run and then show interview clips as a story every Thursday for 7 weeks. As it's not live (only 1 was), you never know what they'll keep and what they'll edit out obviously, but my "naked" feet did get some air time and they let me talk about this "crazy new running style" as they dubbed it.
Over the 7 weeks we had over 80 different people come out with a core group of about 35 that made it to all 7. For about 80% of the group, this will be their first 5k ever, and then about 20% of the group were already accomplished distance runners.
The links to the videos/articles are below for anyone who may be interested/find them helpful - the very last one definitely receieved the most barefoot specific air time and instruction:
http://www.wate.com/story/15252071/ready-to-run-group-learns-about-interval-training
http://www.wate.com/story/15292626/trainer-teaches-ready-to-run-group-how-to-make-running-easier
http://www.wate.com/story/15334788/ready-to-run-groups-training-picks-up-intensity
http://www.wate.com/story/15379623/ready-to-run-group-trains-through-the-aches
http://www.wate.com/story/15421217/ready-to-run-group-trains-longer-moves-to-5k-course
http://www.wate.com/story/15474041/5k-race-will-make-couples-wedding-day-even-more-memorable
** http://www.wate.com/story/15527385/ready-to-run-group-does-final-training-for-first-5k **
The main page that has links to all of the articles/videos can be found here: http://www.wate.com/category/217945/ready-to-run
http://secondwindbook.blogspot.com/2011/09/dormant-to-dominant-program-in-news.html