Summer Training 2024
Like Winter Training, but hotter!
Join us this summer for cross-country and track and field conditioning! Train with athletes from around the Vancouver-metro community and tap into your fullest potential! Summer Training for elementary, middle school, high school and collegiate runners spans June 17 through August 16. Summer schedule includes:
Monday’s, 9-11am (9-10:30am for the 5-7yo “Littles” group - see registration note below)
WHO: Sprinters, Middle Distance, & Distance Runners, AND Whisper Littles (NEW) for ages 5-7.
WHERE: Begin at Clark College in OSC 204, finish at the Hudson’s Bay HS track.
Tuesday’s, 9-11am
WHO: Hurdlers, Middle Distance, & Distance Runners
WHERE: Begin at Clark College in OSC 204, finish at the Hudson’s Bay HS track.
Wednesday’s
WHO: Sprinters, Middle Distance, & Distance Runners
WHERE: Begin at Clark College in OSC 204, finish at the Hudson’s Bay HS track.
Thursday’s
WHO: Sprinters, Middle Distance, & Distance Runners
WHERE: Pacific Park in east Vancouver (see Calendar for meeting spot).
Friday
WHO: Sprinters, Middle Distance, and Distance Runners
WHERE: Round Lake in Camas, WA
WHAT TO BRING: water, light snack (banana or other healthy option), and come ready to run (shirt, shorts, running shoes).
Summer Training Registration Options
The summer session will include base training, functional strength training, and seminars on nutrition, sport psychology, video analysis, and more. Training includes 3+ group workouts each week, prescribed running interval pace based on current fitness and ability, integrated Psychological Skills Training, Video Analysis to assess and improve running gate, cross-training to ensure an agile and dynamic running body, and more! See below for registration options.
Complete the Waiver Form before the first day of Summer Training.
Purchase one of the three options below.
Summer Training Package - provides unlimited access to 3+ training sessions per week. Best for runners attending 2+ days/week
Summer Training Runcard - a virtual card offering 8 a la carte sessions. Best for runners attending 1-2 days/week.
NEW!!! Whisper Little’s Summer Training
Youth runners (ages 5-7) will be introduced to the sport of running by means of age-appropriate games and workouts to help build a passion for health, fitness, and running! Games and workouts will be aimed at improving ones proprioception (balance, agility, reaction time, speed, coordination, stamina, etc.), with the potential of running fall cross-country with Whisper Running (optional of course). 7-year old athletes who show maturity may move to the advanced group. If more than 12 runners enroll, we may extend the scheduled Monday practices to 9-11am. Whisper Little’s is 9-10:30am on Mondays, June 17 to August 16.
THANK YOU to our amazing annual sponsors!
sprint/Speed/Agility training
For the pure sprinters in track, speedsters on the diamond, or athletes seeking to improve their overall speed and agility, Whisper offers group conditioning for athletes of all sports, including baseball, softball, soccer or lacrosse, and obviously track and field. The training will aim to improve all-around athleticism, and ultimately your performance.
program highlights
The two most important factors in developing a runner through Whisper training is social wellness and program design. Connecting runners with other runners, cultivating a community of fun, acceptance, and engagement is paramount. The training itself offers a challenge-skill balance by meeting each runner where they are at and providing the right amount of volume and intensity, challenging them and help them develop.
Further highlights during the Summer Training session includes:
Gaining and sustaining friendships through meeting and running with runners from throughout the Vancouver-Portland area.
Pace groups for sprinters, middle distance, and distance groups of all abilities led by Pacers, who are local high school and college runners.
Sport Psychology curriculum highlighting a topic each week. Topics include Sports Medicine, Time Management, Visualization, Self-Talk, Performance Anxiety Management, Self-Confidence Enrichment, Nutrition, and more!
Cross-Training using a variety of functional movement based exercises to create a dynamic running body.
Aqua-jogging for continued cross-training, body therapy, and aerobic improvement.
Fun! The most important aspect of training, undoubtedly, is fun! The kids will learn how to train, how to run, they’ll learn about intervals, tempos, warm-ups, cool-downs, biomechanics, new levels of intensity of training, and they’ll reach levels of training they never imagined! Who wouldn’t have fun gaining fitness while learning about yourself in a positive, safe, and stimulating environment?