Summer Training 2025
for the Little’s!
Join us for 10 weeks of cross-country and track and field conditioning! 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 (summer) group. To register for summer training, complete the Runner Profile, the Waiver, and purchase the Whisper Little’s registration.
Whisper Little’s summer schedule (see the Calendar for details):
Monday’s & Wednesday’s, 9-10:30am
WHO: Whisper Littles for ages 5-7.
WHERE: Begin at Clark College in OSC 204, finish at the Hudson’s Bay HS track.
WHAT TO BRING: water, light snack (banana or other healthy option), and come ready to run (shirt, shorts, running shoes).
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?