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Health & Fitness

Moms RUN This Town makes the most of winter

Winters in Minnesota can be difficult for runners, and this winter is certainly one of the most challenging in recent memory. Luckily, there are alternatives to running in a -40 wind chill!

One of these alternatives is indoor track running, and MRTT utilizes the Maple Grove Sports Dome for this. The dome is free to use, and 1 mile = 4.8 laps. We have had members meeting there twice a week, based on the open track schedule posted online. You can walk, jog or run at any pace, for any distance. While running in circles isn't exactly thrilling, it isn't so bad when you have somebody to chat with - it actually goes surprisingly fast! Even if you want to go a pace that nobody else happens to be going, the loops make it inevitable that you will at least cross paths with other members and you can say hi, change up your pace for a minute to chat, or at least give an encouraging smile to each other.

So if you are looking for a way to get in some exercise and this frigid winter has got you down - why not try joining MRTT (it's free) and meeting up with us at the dome sometime? Our chapter of MRTT has been "active" for just about a year now, and is current up to 225 members. Some are very involved, some just utilize our private FB page for advice or motivation, and many are somewhere in between. We have everything from walkers to marathoners. 
And, we don't just run. We do social gatherings as well - coffee, happy hour, holiday events, etc. We always have a TON of fun and the group is full of incredible women from all different backgrounds. Some great friendships have formed, some have reached goals they never thought they could...it's really just a wonderful group of women, both in and out of running shoes :-)

*MRTT is a FREE National running group, now turning International - with chapters in roughly 1,000 locations throughout the US, Canada, and Germany.

To join the Champlin/Maple Grove chapter, just "request to join" our private FB group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/champlinmaplegrove/

To find other chapters near you, go to http://momsrunthistown.com/localchapters/ 

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