2017 Women Run Arkansas Training Clinic - Yellville

Free 10 week training program for women of all ages and abilities to learn to run or walk for exercise. At the completion of the 10 weeks of training your graduation event will be the Women Can Run/Walk 5K in Conway on May 13th 2017. Clinics will meet twice weekly on Tuesdays at 5:30 PM and Saturdays at 9:00 AM at the Yellville City Park on S Hwy 14.

The first clinic session will be Tuesday, February 28th at 5:30 PM. 

If you have any questions contact Clinic Directors Valerie Shipman at vjackson8689@yahoo.com or 870-404-4464 or Jeanne Simpson at design.simpson@gmail.com or 870-736-2171.

 Training groups are as follows:

Walker Group A - Your goal is to train to walk up to 3.1 miles, and/or learn to walk longer and at a faster pace.

Walker Group B - Your goal is to train to walk up to 3.1 miles using alternating slow-fast intervals. The duration of the fast walking intervals will increase weekly, improving your pace. Your training time will increase to 45-50 minutes in the last few weeks of the clinic.

Beginning Runner Group A - Your goal is to train to run/walk up to 3.1 miles. You are not running any and want to complete a 5K.

Beginning Runner Group B - Your goal is to train to run/walk up to 3.1 miles. You are currently running 3 minutes or less at a time.

Intermediate Runner - Your goal is to train to run consistently up to 3.1 miles. You currently run at least 4 minutes before taking a brief walk break, and you are able to do these intervals for up to 30 minutes total.

Advanced Runner - Your goal is to run longer distances and at a faster pace. You are currently running approximately 3 miles and have possibly run some 5K or 10K races. You want to increase your speed and run for longer distances.