Weekly Workout - Wednesday Oct 29th: 800 meter repeats (Strawberry 800s)

[GGRC Coach]

 When: Wednesday Oct 29th, 6:15 PM

 Where: The Southside homestretch of Kezar Stadium

 Format:

• Introductions

• Warm up + Movement drills

• Workout

• Cooldown (+ core/stretching)

NOTE: I can't make it this Wednesday, so our incredible social chair Zoë will be standing in as guest coach!

 Workout:

For a fun, easier workout ahead of the Golden Gate Half Marathon, let's do our Strawberry 800s workout! (So named because we "borrowed" the workout from the Strawberry Canyon Track Club).

These are 800-Meter repeats in a relay format. Form a 3-person team (ideally running similar speeds) and run as follows:

• Lap 1: Runner A starts

• Lap 2: Runner A keeps running, Runner B joins

• Lap 3: Runner A stops. Runner B keeps running, Runner C joins

• Lap 4: Runner B stops, Runner C keeps running, Runner A Joins…

and so on. Only Runner A runs the first lap and only Runner C runs the final lap.

For each runner, 1 cycle is running 800 meters and then taking a short rest. Let’s shoot to do 4 cycles each, meaning running 3200 meters (4x 800m) in total, at around 10k pace. Don’t forget to cheer on your teammates as you run the workout together!

🔋 Post Workout:
Let’s go to Red Tail (545 Irving Street, between 6th and 7th Ave). Like the other places, they let you bring food as well. So join us for food and drinks too!

📅 Upcoming Races/Events:

• Saturday November 8th: GGRC Trivia Night
• Sunday December 14th: Christmas Relays + GGRC Holiday Party

 Membership:  Golden Gate Running Club is a non-profit organization. Membership dues help cover all of the events and perks that GGRC offers. Visit our RunSignup membership page to pay your 2025 dues! If you have any questions about it, let us know.

Have a great workout, see you next week!

-- Coach Lena