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Increasing core strength with “plank holds”: background,
Alix Shutello; foreground, Coach Kelly Kavanaugh.
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They even train on holidays—a fun workout with an egg dash and chocolate bunnies to
take home: (from left) Christine Erbacher, Alix Shutello, Coach Kelly Kavanaugh, Andrea
Wood, Jennifer Cavendish.
Inspired to Run
By Andrew Madigan
Kelly Kavanaugh is an energetic
young trainer who’s
getting spectacular results.
She works for Potomac River
Running as head coach of the
Burke Training Programs. In one
of her classes, Running 101, a
group of women has taken it upon
themselves to travel down to
Florida and compete in a series of
races at Disney World. Potomac
River isn’t sponsoring the event—
the students have simply been inspired
to run.
Some of these women will run
the Disney Princess Half Marathon;
others have entered the 5K
Royal Race. What’s remarkable is
that, before joining the class, some
couldn’t run more than 30 seconds
at a time. “This is great,”
Kavanaugh said, “real women balancing
life and families and doing
something for themselves.”
Rosie Bombaugh, one of Coach
Kavanaugh’s students, reflected on
her experience: “I just started running
in February and took my first
101 class in March. The friends
Burke runners to compete
in Disney World races.
Warming up with “high knees”: (from left) Jill Fox, May
Soe, Patricia Rabb, Debra Hein, Linda Shoemaker, Susan
Valinski.
that I have learned from my coach money for charity, encourage fami-
not only have improved my runlies to get involved and provide a
ning, increased my time but also social atmosphere for people to
made running fun!”
meet and keep fit together. The
Bombaugh has now ran a num- trainers are all seasoned athletes.
ber of 5Ks, a triathlon and is train- Kavanaugh, who currently runs for
ing for the Disney Half Marathon. George Mason University, holds
the 1,000-meter record at
POTOMAC RIVER RUNNING Robinson Secondary School.
offers a variety of classes—ad- Running 101 is for anyone, revanced
courses, triathlon training, gardless of age, experience or fit-
youth programs—but it also has ness level. Each eight-week course
summer camps, retail stores and meets twice a week for an hour.
a race series. Races typically fea- Sessions include warm-up, stretchture
food, drinks, live bands, DJs ing, endurance running, speed
that I have made and the things and giveaways. They also raise
See Runners, Page 9
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