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April 2018
River Edge 5K
Add River Edge 5K Race to your “Must-Attend” yearly race planner! This year the local friendly 5K community race just got a little louder and more competitive with Bergen Runners crashing the party and stealing the spotlights. After 8 weeks of 5K training for the beginners, the novice runners proudly…
Find out more »Spring 5k Pasta Dinner / Photographer Workshop
A potluck party the night before the 5k race. Our runners brought delicious home made specialties while Sam Liu, our photographer, gave club remembers a wonderful demonstration on how to take good sports photos. Captain Renny Shih shared some important tip for the first time racers. We played 180 cadence…
Find out more »Spring 5k Training Week 7 – River Edge 5K Practice Run
One week before the River Edge 5K, Bergen Runners met at the Cherry Hill School to practice the 5k route together. Two club photographers Sam Liu and SH also came for the practice shooting to find the perfect picture spots. Many beginner runners surprised themselves with new PR by running…
Find out more »Spring 5K Training Week 6 – Full Course Practice
Second full course practice for the 5k group for a smaller group. It was perfect weather to run in such a quiet residential neighborhood in the afternoon. Photographer Sam came to try out some photo taking spots for the race. Everyone ran the entire course except some walked the hills.…
Find out more »March 2018
Spring 5K Training Week 5 – Full Course Practice & Yoga
It's 5K group's first full course practice run on this sunny and warm afternoon,. We finally felt the presence of spring after an excruciatingly long winter this year. Most runners completed the course and headed to the library for the second yoga session with Jojo. Muscles were stretched and the…
Find out more »Spring 5K Training Week 4
The 5K training run in Van Saun Park around the pond. Many people started to run 5 minutes or more without stop with some short walks in between. We also ran part of the 5k course to experience the hills in 5th Ave. Many runners said it's not as hard…
Find out more »Spring 5K Training Week 3
Our 3rd spring 5K training session took place at Van Saun Park around the pond. We got a break from the rain in the morning. Many walk-run members tried 4R-1W today for 7 times to finish the 5k distance. The pace was well received and many runners feel the progress…
Find out more »Spring 5K Training – Yoga
Our first cross training yoga class for the 5k group took place at the River Edge library. While we have some experienced yogis, it was the first yoga class for many runner. Sun salutation, chaturanga and warrior 1, 2 were made easy thanks to our light-hearted yoga instructor Jojo Lee.…
Find out more »Spring 5K Training Week 2 – Saturday Group Run
We combined our weekly regular group run with a 5K training at the Saddle River County Park this morning. Many beginner runners worried about the cold temperature but were pleasantly surprised it wasn't as bad as they thought. Most of the runners were able to completed the 5k distance with…
Find out more »February 2018
Spring 5K Training Week 1
Our Spring 5K training officially started this week as we ran our first 5K training group run together on Saturday afternoon. We will meet regularly once a week in the Saturday afternoon in Van Saun Park. 5K is friendly distance for both adults and kids so it can be a…
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