She Said/She Said - The Home Stretch

Marie Foster (left) is running in the
Couch to Foot Pursuit program and
Sara Grassmeyer (right) is coaching her up!

Race day is quickly approaching for the participants in the Couch to Foot Pursuit program at Porter County Parks and Recreation. They have just one more group training day, this Saturday at Sunset Hill Farm County Park, and then it will be time for the real thing! Our C2FP Coach Sara Grassmeyer, and runner Marie Foster recently had an e-mail discussion on the challenges of the program as it winds down.

From: Sara Grassmeyer
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:04 PM
To: Marie Foster
Subject: C2FP

Hey Hey Hey Marie! How are you?

How are you feeling after this week's run? I was so impressed by how well everyone ran on Saturday, I smiled all day! The 5K in reverse is definitely tough stuff, but I think you all handled it well. I appreciated when Dan reminded everyone running up the hills that it helps to take smaller steps and pump your arms. Totally true. Did you try it?

Also, informally but not off the record... how does it feel to be a video blogging sensation?

Sara

From: Marie Foster
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 1:58 PM
To: Sara Grassmeyer
Subject: RE: C2FP

Hello Sara.

Saturday’s run was interesting for me. I don’t know if it was the fact that we had good weather and I wasn’t distracted by the lack of puddles or that I was challenged by the trails, but I was just so worn out afterwards! The run seemed to go on forever and it was harder than normal. But, I feel like I will be able to run the Foot Pursuit and finish strong. Do you think that we will be running it the same direction that we did on Saturday?  I did try Dan’s tips and pumped my arms on the hills. It did help! Do you have any other tips for us?

It’s been awesome to be a video blogging sensation. Ha ha. I will be recording the next segment this Saturday. Are you going to let me interview you?

Marie

From: Sara Grassmeyer
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 2:05 PM
To: Marie Foster
Subject: RE: C2FP

I wonder why you didn’t have a great run on Saturday. It was definitely tougher, maybe because we didn’t run together on Saturday. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. I am so glad to hear that you feel capable of running the Foot Pursuit and finishing strong. I totally believe you can. On Saturday, you can look forward to running the 5K forward, so the opposite direction of what we ran this past week.

I’m thinking for next week, it will be all tips. Running tips from the experts, Lt. Dan and myself. Tips to help you run your best.

Fine, fine, fine… you can interview me. Ugh. I’m NOT wearing makeup and I HOPE it’s windy so the video recorder doesn’t pickup my voice. Muah ha ha (scary laugh).

Have a good week, see you Saturday.

Sara