WOMEN CAN RUN CLINIC

I've been in touch with some sweet Paris women who are leaders in this group, and I'm going to join them! Ginger did this clinic at Cabot last year and ran the race. Sorry you can't do it this year, Ginger. Well, not really... :)

I'm just going to paste some info they sent me plus some from their website.

Women, no matter our ages, our shapes, our sizes, can run or walk. The Paris Women Can Run/Walk Clinic is able to give women in the Paris, Arkansas area this opportunity because a wonderful group of women from throughout the state of Arkansas chose to form a running club ten years ago called Women Run Arkansas Running Club.

The mission of WRA is “to address the special needs of women’s fitness, while promoting health and fitness through running and walking.” One way they chose to do this is by establishing free women’s running clinics, which are held each spring. Each clinic last ten weeks. At the end of those ten weeks, women will be able to participate, if desired, in the Women Run Arkansas 5K Race which is held in Conway, Arkansas.

Following the guidelines set by the WRA, the Paris Women Can Run/Walk Clinic will prepare women and any of their daughters who want to participate, to walk faster than they already do, learn to run, or to learn to run faster than they already do.

During the ten week free women’s clinic, women will be encouraged to participate in the graduation event scheduled for May 12, 2007.

The Paris clinic will begin on February 26, 2007 at the Paris High School Track. Each session will begin at 5:30 p.m. and last approximately one hour, no more than one hour and fifteen minutes. Pre-registration will be held two nights at 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Paris High School Cafeteria. Those days and dates are Tuesday, February 20th and Thursday, February 22nd.

The Paris group's website is: http://home.centurytel.net/pariswomencanrunwalk It tells a little about it and shows some great photos. The Pasta Party the night before the race looked fun, especially the table decorations using running shoes. Very cute!

The program they follow developed by the Women Run Arkansas Running Club http://womenrunarkansas.net/ recommends a slow start. They meet two nights a week and you work on your own one night.

I know I can't drive to Paris two nights a week, but I just like the idea of BELONGING anyway, and those sweet women are encouraging me to join even if I'm not regular in attending. Doesn't it sound like fun?

Anybody interested in joining with me?