“I always loved running. It was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.” Jesse Owens
Have you always wanted to run? Are you new to running? An avid runner who wants to improve performance? Dr. Mark Cucuzzella will be conducting monthly Running Clinics at The Wellness Center at City Hospital.
Cucuzzella, nationally ranked distance runner, local physician and founder and organizer of Freedom’s Run and the new Two Rivers Heritage Half Marathon, will be conducting running clinics to promote proper form, injury prevention and improve performance. The clinics are geared to runners of all levels. The clinics are normally held on the first Friday of each month. There will be a change to the July schedule. The next clinic will be Thursday, July 5. The clinics will resume to the first Friday in August.
Two clinics will be offered. You can attend one or both. At 4pm, the clinic will cover stability, mobility and strength. At 5pm, the topic will be running form.
Clinics will be held in the Aerobics Room in The Wellness Center on the campus of City Hospital. The program is FREE and open to all. Pre-registration is required. To register call 304-264-1287, ext. 1814 or email ddejarnett@cityhospital.org.
For information on group runs and ongoing clinics please visit the Freedom’s Run Headquarters Website at Two Rivers Treads, www.trtreads.org. Link on the sections on “clinics” and “group runs”.
