We are super proud of our runners who braved the heat, smoke, rocks, pokey things and Covid to complete our STaT program.   After crunching the STaT stats, in the group that completed the sanctioned final mile, there was an average improvement of 5.5%. If we were to declare winners (y’all are winners anyway), the winningest […]

Coronavirus isn’t done with us yet, and we all have a role to play to keep to keep ourselves and each other healthy.   We have been agonizing over the decision to resume our groups over the last couple of weeks.  We’ve seen a few professional fitness groups in the parks skirting the rules hosting […]

New program and changes to an old fav.  Gotta mix it up and keep it interesting around here! All of this thinking about spring and summer running while updating the website has got me looking forward to running in a tank top.  I’m tired of this Tucson “cold”.  Not only am I excited for not […]

It’s beginning to look alot like running season! Southwest Endurance Training’s Winter 2020 training groups kicked off this week.  We’re here with an update on our membership numbers. SWET’s total enrollment numbers for the session, as of this writing, are 64 registered runners.  That breaks down to: 5K Running Start: 23 Runners 10k/Half Marathon: 35 […]

You should be trying new running nutrition strategies. I had a seven mile run scheduled for yesterday afternoon, a medium length run according to my marathon training plan.  It occurred to me that I had left the house without a gel, and probably should take one on this run.  The rule of thumb is that […]

What is STaT? SWET recently completed its STaT pilot program.  STaT, Strength, Track and Trail is a departure from SWET’s typical training profile of running slow distance on only roads.  STaT’s goal was to take pre-conditioned runners and give them two days a week of training at or above lactate threshold for 4 weeks to […]

We are one week into the fall 5K and 10K/13.1 Groups… We are super excited about the enrollment numbers for 5K Running Start, and the 10K / Half Marathon Training Groups.  Between both sides of town, the count is: 10K/13.1 Group – 51 Marathon Group – 3 5k Running Start– 24   That is 78 […]

It’s never too early to start planning your training for that next race, or your first!   Southwest Endurance Training has 5k, 10k, 13.1 and 26.1 training groups starting in August and September for goal races this Fall and Winter.  SWET training groups are fully coach led, meet 2-3 times per week, and focus on […]