Rev Up Together to Race
      - Race for the Cure preparation

Are you :

• Fatigued from treatment?
• Feeling fitness slip away?
• Feeling stress building?
• Ready to do something for your wellness?

The Race for the Cure is an incredible, inspiring event. But it can seem like an overwhelming task for a woman, newly diagnosed with breast cancer, to get there and walk or run even the one-mile distance, let alone the 5K.

This FREE five-week program is here to help you get to the Race for the Cure this year and tackle either the one-mile or 5K course, or simply enjoy the survivors parade.

Training Outline
Saturdays
10:00 am, about an hour
April 3, 10, 17, 24 and May 1
Your Fitness Your Life studio
199 N Capitol Blvd, Suite 301
Corner of Idaho and Capitol, above the Chase Bank

Facilitators
Marilyn McAllister, MS
Certified Cancer Exercise

Trainer Holly Paquette, MS
Cancer Exercise Trainer

Carolyn Beaver, RYT
Yoga for Cancer Survivors Susan Stockton, NCTMB, CNMT
Massage therapist

Tentative Agenda
April 3, 10:00 am
- Meet at Your Fitness Your Life
- Role of exercise in weathering the storm and recovering from cancer Lymphedema and exercise, knowing your risk, taking precautions Manageable increments for exercise, example progressions for the next 5 weeks
- Walk/jog around downtown
- Stretching for hips and legs

April 10, 10:00 am
- Meet at Your Fitness Your Life
- Lymphedema self-care
- Walk/jog around downtown
- Stretching for hips and legs

April 17, 10:00 am
- Meet at Your Fitness Your Life
- Making a choice between the 1-mile and 5K distance
- Introduction to resistance training for lumpectomy or mastectomy recovery
- Participants who have not had surgery can choose to walk instead

April 24, 12:00 (Different time and place!)
- Meet at Yoga for Wellness, 300 Main,
- Walk/jog Introduction toYoga for wellness Logistics of race day

May 1, 10:00 am
- Meet at Julia Davis band shell Confirm race day logistics
- Walk/jog close to goal distance on the greenbelt
- Standing stretches

Still not sure this is for you? Contact Marilyn with your questions.