Summer Fast Track 5k & 10k Training Program - Kalamazoo

Join us for the summer session of the 2026 Fast Track 5k and 10K Training Program (Kalamazoo) presented by Kalamazoo Area Runners (KAR). The Fast Track program offers a graduated level of workouts designed to meet your goals whether a beginner or an experienced runner. Workout volume and interval paces will be tailored to each runner's ability, and we will endeavor to do workouts in pace groups to create a good environment of support for workouts. The summer Fast Track training will shift a bit toward preparing runners for longer efforts with the addition of more lactate threshold workouts. But we will still incorporate turn over work to develop good mechanics and quickness off the ground. The program will particularly prepare runners for the Bronson Run for Children. The Tuesday track sessions are conducted 6:00 to 7:30 pm at WMU Kanley Track and runs from July 28 through September 22. The program is $35 to members of KAR and registration will remain open through August 4 or until the 50 participant cap is attained, whichever is sooner. Participants may join (new members) or renew (existing members) their KAR membership upon registration. (Membership is $20/student; $25/individual and $35/household per year. 5K & 10K Training Objective The overall objective of Fast Track is to make you a fundamentally faster runner. That starts with organizing training groups. Training partners make it easier and more enjoyable to run fast. Once we have training groups put together, we will work on several of the secrets of running faster: springy muscles and quicker muscle contraction. Along the way we will improve things like lactate threshold, anaerobic capacity, lactic buffering, and aerobic capacity, all of which is intended to not only make you a faster runner but give you the confidence to run faster. Overview The Tuesday track workouts will cycle through four training pace zone workouts. In the cycle, one day’s workout will be intervals at anaerobic race pace (mile