Ditmas Park Dashers Class 2

Neighbor Bill Boyle reports that his first session of the Ditmas Park Dashers was great: "Everyone is either from Kensington or Ditmas Park, and we were able to develop a nice group of neighbors who now run together!"

He's starting up a second session, which starts tomorrow:

Ditmas Park Dashers Finish 9 week Beginner Running Class

The Ditmas Park Dasher Beginner Running Class 1 ended with a triumphant finale as members completed the Cosme 5K run on the Coney Island Boardwalk on Sunday, June 26. The weather was perfect and the runners were strong - finishing the first race ever for 5 of the runners. Coach Bill Boyle ran along with them to help maintain the pace and keep up their spirits as they hit the turn around at the Brighton Beach end of the boardwalk and headed back to Keyspan Park. Everyone was thrilled to see the improvement in their running.

The Ditmas Park Dasher new Summer Beginner Runner Class 2 will start this Thursday, June 30th at 7 PM meeting at Park Circle and run for 8 weeks. The class will run once per week with a goal of a a full 3 mile run without walking intervals as well as improving your overall speed. Over the summer we will move more towards using measured distances - .25; .5; .75 and 1 mile intervals. This will help runners develop a sense of pace.

In addition to weekly group runs, individualized written workout instructions will be given for the week. These will be structured for your particular pace.

The cost for the class is $75 per person and will need a minimum of 5 people. Runners should be able to run/walk 3 miles at about a 12 minute/mile pace.