
Upcoming Events



City Roots 7 Mile
Shady Park Blvd around Campus and back.
Shorten the run with out and back.
Water will be at the LSU sign across from the Ag Center

Magpie New Garden District Steele Loop
Amy requested Garden District or Hillsdale Hills. We decided to save the Hills until here Birthday run on the 28th.

School(LSU) is out for the Summer
It’s nice to run around shady campus when everyone goes home.
Two loopers make it easy to grab water. If you are easily bored…switch directions the 2nd loop.

Main Street Market Run
It looks like a mild morning for us to run on the levee so let’s take advantage of that while we can.
6 Miles is down the levee to the water stop and back
Water is under the pines at the Vet School.
You many want to put additional water for yourself at the City Park oak,




Cinco De Mayo at City Park
With all our Tex Mex partners sure to be slammed let’s just do an easy run with a few Mexican beers after.
We had another great bunch of runs at Tiger 5K and 10K. An easy day is what we need.
5 Mile Campus Route that can be shortened with out and back.
Bring a cold Mexican beer or two and we can have a tailgate Cinco De Mayo.

Derby Day Run from the Hall’s Stable
Can be shortened.
Best Kentucky Derby costumer award
Derby Horse Betting Board - bring your $1 bet!
The Hall’s will have Derby themed drinks and snacks after the run but welcome any breakfast contributions you might want to bring.
Hydration at Mile 4 at South Columbine and Pollard Pkwy

Julie and Mark Fay Going Away Gator Games Run
After all these years our Gators are finally returning to the Swamp! We are so sad to see them go!
WEAR YOUR ORANGE AND BLUE(I can’t believe I am suggesting that!!)
We’ll do a 3 Mile easy run through Rouzan and shady Meadow Lea.
(Come early if you want to get in more miles)
It will loop back to the Rouzan walking path where we’ll have some fun with Gator Games and Relays.
WE NEED 4 TEAMS OF 4 PEOPLE-Julie and Mark need to be on one or two of those teams.
EVENTS AT THE WALKING PATH:
Tig/Gator Water Balloon Relay
Giant Florida Beach Ball Race
Giant Florida Beach Volley Challenge
Beer and wine at the Silos after.



Cut Down 220s on Lake Erie
Are y’all ready to throw a little sharpening workout in for Tiger 5k/10K?
Warm up down Hollydale to Lake Erie.
8 x 220 Cutdown with short water break after 4.
Cool down Fiero or Hollydale.
Grab some pizza from Var at 20% off. Thanks, Cathy!

6 or 8 Mile Run from Starbucks LSU
Steady Run.
The 8 Mile loop can be shortened to 6 by going straight at May Street.
Hydration at Cedardale and the lakes.
If it’s hot, you may want to leave a little something at City Park oak.

Easy Run and Post Run Fun at Barracuda Taco
Easy 4 Miles Garden District Miles.
I’ll put some water out at VSBR if you want a quick stop.
25% off of Modelos + Margs between 3 - 9p, just mention it at the counter.



Easy Run from Amherst BREC Park
Train season over…maintenance and strength work begins.
Let’s do another easy, shorter miles week then we can resume the maintenance running through the summer.
This is a great time to start including more strength/core training in your program.
Come early if you want a mile or so more.

Mid City Beer Garden Easy Run and V Challenge Awards
Easy 4…if you want more come early and get in a few.
The Kinchen bike path is closed for improvements. So we’ll try Westdale Drive by the golf course and see how much traffic there is. Be cautious there.
Stick around for $100 beer tab and V Challenge awards.


Magpie Birthdays
At this point in scheduling we can celebrate a lot of the Spring Birthdays.
Warm up down Ferndale to Lake Erie.
Easy workout of 4 x 220 strider finishing the lake for recovery.
Birthday Relay…re-running some of you Birthday favs…
4 Lap Individual Race
Lap 1 - Blow up Birthday Balloon, tie it, run the lap…at the end of the lap - bust it any way you can.
Lap 2- Birthday Bounce - Pick up tennis ball and bounce it the whole lap. NO HOLDING THE BALL ..BOUNCE IT AS SOON AS IT COMES BACK TO YOU.
Lap 3- Birthday Bean Bag toss at 100 yard mark. Must make one to continue run.
Lap 4…Birthday Bonus Poker. At 220 …pick a card from the dealers deck. High card wins Bonus!! finish at the Varsity truck.
Awards 1st place and Bonus Poker back at Parking Lot Party.
Cool down Fiero.

Easy Last Week of Race Season Beer Run
Great Fat Boy Runs and winding down the race season with Crescent City Classic
So this is easy week!

Rouzan Minute/Minute Runs
Warm up to the Butlers.
8 x 1 minute pick up with 1 minute easy around the Olympia Park loop.
3 Miles - follow the 5 mile map but turn around at trail bridge
Water will be out at the Butlers on the way out and back



Fat Boy Prep with Circle Workout
Warm up the first 1.5 miles of the course and back to the Highland School circle.
Run 220 moderately fast/finish the circle. Run 440 at GOAL 5K PACE/finish the loop.
Repeat this set a total of 4 times.
Cool down.




Fat Boy Prep with Cut Down Quarters
Since Fat Boy 5K is sold out, I assume a lot of you have entered.
Warm up around the playground and back to Fat Boy start.
Starting with the 1st one…run every other 1/4 faster than the one before.
So…run 1/4. Easy jog 1/4 for the 3 Mile course.
BUT…here’s a kicker. Since the last quarter is easy - run hard from the 3 mile mark to 5K finish for the mental rehearsal. Cones will be out.
Cool down.

Counterspace Coffee Run with 880’s at Goodwood
Those of you that ran the weekday runs ran an interval progression starting with 220, then 440’s.
We’ll finish the run with half miles/880’s at Goodwood Park. Great workout for those running CCC 10K!
2-4 x 880 with 880 recovery after each.
Try to run between 5K and 10K goal pace for the intervals.
Back to Counterspace for coffee and those delicious cinnamon rolls.
Hydration will be at Goodwood Park