Karen Kerr Hohman says,  Our next monthly meeting is scheduled for: Monday, April 5th@6pm  Run walks every Saturday.
Location:  of  Monthly meeting TBA

Guest Speaker: Angela Ford

She will be sharing with us information on Diet, Physical Activity and Behavior ModificationShe teaches 9 week classes designed to help people lose weight and keep it off for life.She graduated from UF as a Nurse Practioner... in 1996 (Go Gators!) and has been practicing in Lake County since then! You won't want to miss this, so mark your calendars now!Would love to get a head count as well, just for information purposes.

5K runners race of the Eustis Fit Club was held Saturday at Lake Gracie with an impromptu format. Race winners were Karen Hohman first, Heath McArdle second and Shane Sherman third.




Next run walk will be Saturday at Lake Gracie. Meet at the Eustis high school parking lot.

NEXT RUN WALK    SATURDAY 8 AM     LAKE GRACIE 

MEET AT THE HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT.
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March first meeting of the Eustis Fit Club was held at the Garden Room of the Eustis Recreation Department.


President Karen Hohman reviews the history of the Club.

Sam Chapin outlined the search for 5k location in Eustis.

Karen announced next Saturday run walk at Lake Gracie to include a hill. Meet 8AM at high school parking area.


Rick Copley, personal and group fitness coach, discussed and demonstrated “Seven ways not to be injured while running”.

1. Warm up with walking or squats.

2. Squats and lunge walk exercise 2-3 times a week.

3. No leg extensions or leg curls.

4. Drink lots of water and eat healthy food.

5. Progressive and intermittent progress.

6. Core strength training.

7. Rest when tired.

More about these to be found on his blog rickthefitnessguru.blogspot.com



Rick announced his 5K run at Emeralda Marsh March 19 at 5 PM.



We will be looking for a first Monday 6 PM meeting place.
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MONDAY 6 PM MEETING

RICK COPLEY WILL

talk about: "How to NEVER get injured running. 7 tips to prevent EVER have to miss time from being injured"


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BIG WEEKEND, FEBRUARY 27 AND 28

SATURDAY is the Eustis George Fest "run with your Dog"   We encourgae you to do that.

SUNDAY 8 AM  the Eustis Fit Club will have a run-- walk at Hidden Waters off Country Club Rd.  This is our Saturdday thing moved to Sunday because of George Fest..

MONDAY  March 1 at 6 PM our monthly meeting which will be at the Garden Room of the Eustis Recreationm Department  at  2214 East Bates Avenue Center enter on the Bates ave side.
Business meeting and Program by Rick Copley, group and personal trainer.
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I am training for a marathon. I know to some of you that seems like a big deal and to others it seems like a minor thing. For me, it is huge. I use the word huge on purpose for a couple of reasons: 1. the task of training and actually running in the marathon (I have run a couple of 1/2 marathons) is a lot of work. 2. By comparison to most people, I do not look like a guy that should be entertaining thoughts of a marathon. Although I am in very good cardio shape, I still am 6'2" and 260 lbs. That means I am HUGE, although my beautiful wife would issue a similarly HUGE denial, the fact remains that I am bigger than most anyone I see training for endurance events.

I guess what I am getting at is that if I can do it, it seems like anyone should be able to do it. I have always had trouble with my weight. As a favorite TV character of mine frequently opines: " I am not FAT, I am big-boned. So I am a big guy and I always have been. I am OK with that and it isnt going to stop me from training. It may take me longer to get to the finish line, BUT I WILL get there. I think that is the attitude that everyone should have I WILL. So many people use the words I CAN'T, I DONT HAVE TIME, I AM TOO BIG, I DONT KNOW WHERE TO START or any phrase that begins with the word BUT as an excuse. Folks, get out there and DO IT. Get off your BUT (LOL), make some goals, reach those goals and reset them a little higher. When we are on our deathbed, will you be sad that you didnt get to watch more TV or play more video games or will you be sad that you didnt get out and DO SOMETHING!

Over this last weekend with the Eustis Fit Club we were able to WALK/RUN around Silver Lake in Leesburg, FL. It is a three mile flat journey and it was such a nice cool day that several of us did it twice. If you are interested in doing some long runs with me.....over 10 miles, please email me at ssherman@cnbt-fl.com.

Until next time....take care
Shane