Mid Week, the magical schedule, Product testers needed for Moving Comfort

For those training for an early fall marathon we're about smack dab in the middle of the training plan so many of you will begin hill work this week. Of course this being summer we'll using the summer hill for this unless of course you're running the longer version which entails running from the bottom of the winter hill to the top of the summer hill and down for recovery, reverse and run to the top of the winter hill which means of course you'll be sharing the love with both.

Both hill workouts are great and you might also alternate weeks doing the shorter repeats one week and the longer the next. In the end they're both great works which is all that really matters.

For those wondering how many should they do? If you're a beginner I usually start with 3 hills on the short version. Building to 9 by week 3. For those wiley veterans out there I say jump in and get jiggy with it and start with 9, make the most out of this and get the full benefit. For those doing the long version 6 should do the trick. One being form the bottom of one hill to the top of the other.

There have been those that have been asking for the mystical and magical advanced plus schedule well here you go-
http://www.runchuckit.com/patrick/TrainingSchedule.htm?race=Portland2010&type=full&level=aplus
(you'll notice that it for portland, if you want to train for chicago change it to change the portland in the url to chicago and so on.)

Please tread lightly with this schedule, it's a good one but very intensive quality and quantity wise, I generally only like to share it with those that have a fair amount of background. There were a lot of people asking about it so I've taken the cover off it's internet hiding place to share with all you good people. Again be careful and may the force be with you!

I'll be going on vacation at the end of this week. I'll miss the Saturday run (Eric will be there to open the store so that you can meet there) as well  workouts next Tuesday and Wednesday. I'll be back for that Saturday.

Below is a note I got from Moving Comfort looking for some ladies for some product testing. I've attached more info as well.

My name is Fran Faure.  I work as a Product Developer at Moving Comfort, a women’s athletic apparel and sports bra company located in Bothell, Washington.  We are currently gearing up to test our bras in a laboratory setting and we need fit, athletic women to come to our facility in Bothell to wear test our garments.

Please find attached a pdf file with a few more specifics that can be easily passed on to the women members of your team.  Also, below is a little more description of the process.

As a brief outline, you will be testing 4-6 different bras and 2 different pairs of shoes (potentially).  You’ll be running without a shirt on in front of male and female biometricians and hooked up to wires for taking movement measurements.  You’ll be expected to run for 2 minutes at 8:30-10:00 minute/mile pace for each tested bra.  The test may take up to 3 hours to complete. 

Our testing facility is in the process of being built but we expect to be “up and running” by August with testing planned for 34C or 36D in August and 34C, 36D and 38DD for September. We are looking for up to 8 women per size.  If you know anyone who fits the specification on the sheet you received, please feel free to pass it on.

All testers will be compensated with Free Moving Comfort apparel or bras (TBD).

Please contact me if you have any questions and thank you for your help in making our first-class products better!

Fran Faure
Assistant Product Developer 


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