{"id":1172,"date":"2018-12-21T07:40:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T07:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runningforrealestate.com\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2018-12-28T06:02:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T06:02:38","slug":"sacramento-running-clubs-racing-teams-five-reasons-choose-team-club-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningforrealestate.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/21\/sacramento-running-clubs-racing-teams-five-reasons-choose-team-club-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Running Clubs and Racing Teams – Five Reasons You Should Choose a Team\/Club in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> Paul Ryan<\/span><\/p>\n

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This quote strongly resonates with my progress as a runner and athlete due to the fact that I joined various teams and running clubs right after becoming a runner. I felt that running with friends gave me more strength, endurance, tenacity, better performance, and it was simply more fun that running alone. <\/span><\/p>\n

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I run with many friends and running groups, but Andrea and I are best running buddies and have logged thousands of miles together. We are fortunate to live close to each other and enjoy each other’s company.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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SHORT HISTORY OF MY RUNNING JOURNEY<\/span><\/h1>\n

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1. My greatest appreciation as a runner goes to Fleet Feet Sacramento training groups,<\/strong> as they helped me so much as a new runner. I could hardly wait to go to their Sunday long runs in preparation for California International marathon, when I started running in 2015.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2. After training for my first marathon, I got into trail running by joining Folsom Trail Running group and Trail Mix on Facebook.<\/strong> That was amazing, as trail runners are the friendliest people and so supportive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. In the summer of 2016, I joined Fleet Feet Fit<\/strong> program, where I met more wonderful runners and I did more track workouts, which improved my speed. After one season, I had enough fast races and qualified for the Fleet Feet Sacramento racing team<\/strong>. I have raced for them for the last two years and had great success and performances.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. While on the team, I hired my own coach Robert Ressl-Moyer, who helped me PR in two half marathons, two marathons, and one ultra marathon. I also continued to run with Trail Running Adventures, Trail Mix, and Folsom Trail Runners, as well as the Fleet Feet Roseville racing team<\/strong>, as I enjoyed meeting new runners and running in various locations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4. In 2019, I’ll be joining Arete team<\/strong>, as I feel they are an amazing supportive group of women (it is a women only team) and their training will challenge me more as a runner and help me grow. I am also training with SRA elite Jenny Hitchings (for more info, read the blog I wrote a few months ago on her huge accomplishments<\/a>), amazing runner, coach, mother of two, who holds four age group National records in the 5K, 10K, 10 mile, and half marathon distance, and who checks in on me to make sure I am not doing too much, as I used to overtrain and race too much. Very excited about working with Jenny and looking forward to hitting some new PRs when the timing will be right.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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OVERVIEW OF RUNNING CLUBS AND RACING TEAMS IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION<\/h1>\n

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With 2019 around the corner, I wanted to give the running community an overview of the majority of our running clubs and teams. I was not able to reach everyone, or get info from all existing groups, but I have done this analysis to help you decide where you belong next year, as running with others is more fun and will likely get you stronger and faster.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1. ARETE<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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E-mail interview with Tamara Torlakson, who is Sacramento’s team leader of Arete.<\/span><\/p>\n