Jantastic is about setting personal fitness goals and sticking to them. Jantastic is for everyone, whether first time exercisers looking to get started, regular performers after a kickstart or experienced athletes chasing a personal best. Whatever your aspirations or ability jantastic works for you. You might have seen a few posts on our Facebook recently about something called Jantastic. If you're wondering what it is all about and whether to sign up, here's a bit more information.
Put simply, Jantastic is a motivational challenge to help kick start your running during the dark days of winter. It lasts 12 weeks from January to March. You set yourself simple goals about how often you're going to run, and later how far and how fast. And then you try and achieve them... with lots of encouragement from the Jantastic community and your team mates from Potters Trotters. Points are awarded for achieving your goals on a week by week basis. The challenge also allows to play a joker if you have a week where your running doesn't go to plan due to illness, injury or other interventions. If it helps with your motivation, you can also link to charity fundraising when you register. The start date is Janury 5th and Jantastic weeks run from Monday to Sunday. The full rules can be found here: https://www.jantastic.me/rules/ So January is all about consistency in running... the weekly goal you set is related to how often you'll run, swim or cycle. The minimum number of runs per week for the challenge is 2. You set your goal, then all you have to do is run and make sure you record your runs on the Jantastic website before the weekly deadline (Tuesday at 8am for runs in the previous week).
In February, you can stick with your January goal for runs per week or make a change. So if 3 runs per week seems a stretch after a break from running, why not start with 2 and increase to 3 runs per week in February. You'll also add some distance goals for your longest run each week... but you've got all of January to decide what those goals will be. It's a good idea to choose a distance that's a challenge but realistic. You can also set a different distance goal for each week in February if you're aiming to run a little bit further each week. If you prefer to be consistent, that's ok too. March is all about setting a time goal... How fast can you run a distance of your choice. Perhaps you could test yourself at parkrun? Or the Stafford Half. Or a club run over a measured route... the club to the garage and back is about 3 miles for example. You'll set this goal at the end of February and by March you'll hopefully be running regularly, further and faster. I've taken part for the last few years and found it really motivating. It's good to set a goal and get friends and team mates involved in helping you achieve it. It's a good discipline to decide how often you're going to run, especially when it's cold outside and it's easy to stay at home in the warm. It has helped me to prepare for longer races but also just get into the habit of running. Just remember to log your runs... I log mine after I complete them so I can see instant progress, but you can also log weekly too. It might help to set a reminder so you don't forget to log your runs. There are loads of inspiring stories / videos on the website too: https://www.jantastic.me/why-take-part-in-jantastic/ So get signed up... When you register, join Team Potters Trotters too. Let's see if we can get the whole club involved. There'll also be an award at our AGM for the club member who gets the highest overall score in relation to achieving their goals. The great thing about Jantastic is that it doesn't matter how far or how fast you're running - it measures effort, consistency and outcomes against your own goals and not anybody else. All the registration information is here: https://www.jantastic.me/sign-up/ C'mon ladies... let's get running! It'll be Jantastic! |
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