The Walking Program
Sacfit offers great half and full marathon programs for beginners and experienced walkers. 

For our beginners, the program is designed with one simple and straight forward goal: to get across the finish line. As such, we provide a very gradual program so as not to induce injuries. 

We focus on individualized programs that allow you to go at your own pace. And rather than focusing on miles, we begin our members with timed walks (miles are so overrated). Since there are no miles to worry about, you just begin your walk and when the timed workout reaches the halfway point, you just turn around and return back. 

For experience walkers, we offer similar individualized walking programs OR a program to make the transition from walking to running. 

And with each program, we complement the training with support and encouragement to inspire our walkers toward their goal, including opportunities to build confidence by particiapting in various summer and fall races prior to the Big Event! 

All these factors contribute toward the ultimate goal of completing a half or full marathon. But in keeping with the Sacfit philosophy, these programs are also designed to make getting fit a fun, enjoyable, and interesting endeavor. If it's not fun, what's the point?

General Weekly Schedule
All Sacfit programs are designed to consider the busy schedules of our lives. While some adjustment and priortiy must be made for any new undertaking, our programs ensure that you will not be consumed by workouts.

The weekly schedule entails a Saturday morning workout and three mid-week workouts - Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. That's it! 

The Saturday morning workout is the "long" walk - typically a 30 to 45 minute walk to start the program and then gradually increasing in duration each following week. 

The mid-week workouts consist of 25 to 30 minute walks and then only marginally increase in duration over the season. 

To help keep you motivated during the week, we offer an optional Tuesday night track workout at CSUS or ARC, as well as a Thursday Race Rehearsal Pace workout at various locations along the Parkway Trail.

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Pace Groupings
The most important component to sensible and safe training is not pushing too hard too soon. In walking, that's finding the right pace. In order to find the right pace for you, we conduct a Pace Finder walk. The Pace Finder walk is not a race. Rather, it is easygoing walk at a pace that is comfortable enough for you to carry on a conversation. 

As you complete your walk - anywhere from one to two miles, Sacfit coaches track and record your time. Your time determines your pace group, which we assign as color groups - Red or Purple for walkers or race walkers. And from there the fun begins...