From e-Runner's Hi!, June 2010
(http://www.ameliaislandrunners.com/Archive/sumcamp10.htm)
AIR's 2010 summer running camp is history! This was the camp's fifth year, led by AIR volunteer Bill Beaumont, cross country coach at St. Michael's Academy. It's one of AIR's top projects of the year, designed to help runners of all ages step up to the "next level" and have fun along the way.
Sessions included mental preparation for running (goals and motivation), physical preparation (nutrition, hydration, equipment, warm-up and stretching), videotape analysis of each runner's gait and form, as well as guest speakers.
Thurday's special guest speaker was former U.S. marathon record-holder Jerry Lawson, now a manager with 1st Place Sports in Jacksonville. Lawson shared some of his experiences as an elite runner and talked about different types of running shoes for different types of feet and running strides.
The week culminated on Friday with an all-outdoors session in the shade at the Fernandina Beach High School bus loop, where Coach Bill talked about a vaiety of running topics, including race strategy.
AIR has group runs every Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. (weather permitting) at the FBHS track, 435 Citrona Drive. Coach Bill and Coach Roy Benson are AIR members and volunteer their time to work with runners during group runs.
AIR congratulates their Summer Camp "Class of 2010" and looks forward to seeing them on the roads and trails in the years to come.
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