Both Saari C. and Melissa W. were new employees at a company who traditionally put a solid team for the Mercedes Benz Corporate Run year after year. Though no couch potatoes, neither of them had ever ran beyond the mile required in high school in order to pass their PE class. They both wanted to participate in the race and not embarrass themselves.
A 9-week run-walk-run plan was developed by Foultips Running. It required three days of work per week with a fourth optional one should they craved extra work. It started with a 20-minute session which was mostly walking, on week one, and ended in a 40-minute session with very few walk breaks on the week prior to the race.
Both ladies followed up their programs diligently and always came back asking for additional mileage and drills as they started becoming stronger. On race day, they both ran the 5K straight, with no walking breaks. Their times of 39 and 41 minutes were beyond anyone’s expectation.