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Training For A 5k

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Spark Running Offers New 5K Training Class

The local business will hold an informational meeting on Tuesday for a New Kind of 9 to 5.

Spark Running is offering another round of its nine-week program, A New Kind of 9 to 5, aimed to help you train for a 5K. The store will hold an informational meeting on Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. The program is geared to non-runners or runners who have been out of practice for a while and are looking to get back into shape. Spark Running owner Caitlin Burman said the start of a New Year is a great time to get back into physical activity. “A lot of people have it as a New Years resolution and even though it is cold outside we are still going to get out there and run,” Burman said. Tuesday’s meeting will provide those interested in the program with additional information and they can also ask questions to past participants. The new session of A …

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Train for a 5K With Spark Running

The Severna Park sporting goods store is offering a nine-week program to help locals train for a 5K.

Spark Running has a whole new idea of a 9 to 5 workday. The Severna Park sporting goods store is offering a nine-week program to help locals train for a 5K called "A New Kind of 9 to 5." “It is a program for people who are non-runners, or have been out of running a long time but want to get back into it,” said Caitlin Burman, store owner. “It is a friendly non-competitive atmosphere and we build up gradually to a full 5K.” This is the third session of A New Kind of 9 to 5, but the first time Spark Running has opened the program to men.  Burman said she had a few male customers as well as husbands of former participants ask to be included. The session will begin on Sept. 5, but Burman said she will accept registrations through Sept. 7. The …

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