Wednesday mornings are a delight when it rolls around. It is easy to hit the snooze button, but for 9RUN6 regulars, we look forward to gathering to get our fitness on and to share stories. Today was filled with stories by those who ran this last weekend’s CIM. Yes, 3 of the people who worked out today ran 26 point fucking 2 miles and still had the courage and discipline to get after it this morning. Shoutout to Katie, Brad 1.0 and McRunner for setting an example for the rest of us!

Today was a new workout, which McRunner might or might not have said “F@#$ You”. The workout involved pushups, zig-zag stairs on the West Steps, lunges and running.

The workout was fun and exciting to say the least.

Also during the workout we announced that 9RUN6 custom buffs are currently in the works. They will cost approximately between $10-12, it is a limited order so if you are interested please let us know ASAP.

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This week was and is dedicated to the California International Marathon. With a majority of our members taking part in the CIM this weekend, we didn’t do anything crazy for our workouts, it was just an all running week with some stretching.

This morning the crew gathered at the normal spots for the running. The highlight of the morning was the 6:25AM crew that gathered at the west steps and made it’s way to 18th and L Street. From there we traveled down L Street and took the route of CIM for the finish.

We shared some stories (funny ones) on what to expect at this point in the race.

For everyone running the race this Sunday, may the course and training you have invested in be with you!

Don’t forget there are still a ton of events going on …

Saturday December 3 Events

8:30 AM official CIM Shake Out Run – Convention Center – For more info visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/1641619049470040/

10:00AM sac-RUN-mento meet up with Nuun Hydration – For more info visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/296230007438911/

Sunday December 4 – Race Day Group Photo

6:40AM at the gas station parking nearest to the street side. See photo below.

It’s the week of CIM for many of the peeps of 9RUN6 … with a rough estimate about 8 people are going to take on the 26.2 mile run from Folsom to Sacramento. With that being said there are a lot of events going on including our workouts this week! So here is what you need to know about 9RUN6 events and other events 9RUN6 will be supporting.

Wednesday November 30 9RUN6 workout 

5:30 AM for 3 miles – 10th & N Street Meet Ups

6AM for 2 miles – 10th & N Street Meet Ups

6:25AM 2 miles plus some strides and stretching at the West Steps

Friday December 2 9RUN6 Destination Friday

5:30 AM for 3 miles – 10th & N Street Meet Ups

6AM for 2 miles – 10th & N Street Meet Ups

6:25AM 2 miles plus some strides and stretching at the West Steps, the tour will take us on L Street and through the imaginary finish line of CIM.

Saturday December 3 Events

8:30 AM official CIM Shake Out Run – Convention Center – For more info visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/1641619049470040/

10:00AM sac-RUN-mento meet up with Nuun Hydration – For more info visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/296230007438911/

Sunday December 4 – Race Day Group Photo

6:40AM at the gas station parking nearest to the street side. See photo below.

 

The challenge is really pretty simple, all you have to do is stick to it! Figure out some sort of activity that you want to streak with (push-ups, running, walking, anything active that involves exercise), set a minimum numerical value to that movement (1-mi, 10 reps, 1 minute hold, etc) and do it every day from November 24, 2016 through December 31, 2016. Try to have a streak that is different than one that you have already done or are currently in. If you are doing a running streak maybe select some sort of body weight exercise like push-ups or pull-ups, etc. You get the picture now make the pledge….
1) Use the photo above and caption it announcing your commitment to staying fit from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or your blog and use hashtag #9run6
2) Hold yourself accountable by making the goal realistic. Your streak can be whatever you want but it has to have a minimum (such as 1 mile a day or 10 burpess, 1 minute plank) of WHATEVER YOU WANT! It’s your streak we just want to help you during the holiday season!
3) Announce that you completed your activity each day on social media …. here you can even cut and paste the following: I just did (ran , cycled) _______ to complete my daily commitment for #9run6 Winter Challenge.
4) Have fun with it, you can even post your commitment in the comments section below and check in on others to see how they are doing.
This is all about having fun while supporting one another achieve individual goals. It isn’t a competition, no matter if you run 1 mile or 10 miles a day or do 100 burpees or 10 pushups, keeping yourself active is all that matters!
Make the pledge and join the fun!

Last night was a historical night as we had an election that pitted one candidate who has no government or military background and another the first female candidate for a major party. No matter who you were voting for, history was going to be changed in our country.

This morning was probably one of the first workouts where we talked politics between individuals during our running and workout. It created a new topic of conversation, the conversations were fairly serious in topic, but still in 9RUN6 fashion included some laughs and jokes.

If anything comes about from this historical election is we realize how important a positive and supportive community can be and how impactful it is for each individual. I mean look at the tremendous support and inspiration we get from one another. Our group really is filled with a lot of beautiful people and that is what we love about those who come to every workout or those who come occasionally.

We come out and workout no being judged on who we are or what we believe in, we bring together people of different genders, races, political parties, religions and lifestyles. We encourage not discourage one another to take chances and race races.

We have unique stories on how we became to become the person we are and who we want to be. The workouts are intense at times and easy on others, 9RUN6 has become a vehicle to bring together beautiful individuals and creating life long friends and memories in and out of our workouts.

We workout on government / political ground (the West Steps) which can sometimes separate people, but 9RUN6 brings people together. Each person who comes to a workout is loved and not judged … okay maybe laughs are shared at the expense of others, but it is all in good fun …

One thing is certain we need less politics and more workouts 🙂 …. so why not come out and be part of something awesome in our community.

It’s Friday, so we hit up our destination Friday workout. Only if I had the same discipline to get up early like I do now when I was in college, when that 8AM class was such a struggle … I know many of you can relate to that one.

As we adult, we can appreciate the fact that when Friday mornings come around and that alarm goes off at o’dark thirty, we are excited to make our way to meet up with our homies at 9RUN6. After our two run groups made their way on various routes around downtown, we headed to the IMAX theater at 6:25AM to knock out another partner workout. Partner workouts are the best because it really pushes the team work in something that has individual health benefits.

With the streets still dark and the moon still out, we did the infamous workout that people used to not finish, now we wreck the workouts like it is something that is routine for us.

The partner workout for this morning was the burpees, lunges, jump squats and leg lifts for Partner A, and for Partner B it was wall sits, push ups, jumping jacks and planks. With running between each movement. When person A was done with their 20 movements, then B would switch over. After 2 sets were completed it was onto the next movement.

Just a reminder this weekend is Daylight Savings! Drop those clocks back an hour and get some extra enjoyment on the day. Also due to the Parkway closures there is no official organized long runs this weekend. So get your miles in and enjoy the journey!

So when the alarm goes off, it’s time to rise … and get your a$$ to the West Steps for the 6:25AM workout or 10th and N Street if you are planning on getting out there for the running groups at 5:30AM and 6:00AM.

As the mornings stay darker from the night, it doesn’t stop the crew from getting out to get our dose of pouring of the liquid awesome. In fact this is when the toughness really starts to come out, and the strong establish themselves.

It’s always easier to hit the snooze button or just skip the workout if you aren’t training for anything specifically or if you just feel like sleeping in.

However, these are the days that really challenge us during the year. The Spring and Summer seasons, the sun comes out to greet us during the workout, but these Winter workouts suck from a scenery standpoint, I mean because it is dark out, there really isn’t much to see.

But we don’t come to the steps to run to see anything except for the faces of the awesome people who choose to come out and get their daily workout in. It’s actually one of the best morning sights, when people drive up and are ready to do work and prove to themselves that they are bad ass enough to tackle the workout set for that day.

This morning we welcomed a couple of new faces to the group that we introduced ourselves to last week who were at the West Steps taking a work photo. Courtesy of Ed, we had two new faces this morning, so hopefully they return. Welcome to the crew Jay and Patricia.

The workout for today was another awesome partner workout that involved hoistees, pushups, situps and leapfrogs, followed by a run around the West Lawn between each set. Exercises were performed in reps of 20 with a partner then followed by the run and repeated 3 times through. The group kicked the crap out of that workout this morning.

Way to go crew! We punched Wednesday morning square in the mouth and it is time to seize the rest of the day.

Have a great rest of your Wednesday!

The rain comes out in the fall and winter time. It is a given, but that doesn’t mean we stop working out and getting our miles and workouts in. Today is probably the first of many wet workouts to come over the next few months.

Yes hitting sit ups or anything on the ground outside of push-ups pretty much sucks, when you know you are going to get soaked during a workout, but it is what it is … and it’s just F@#$ing water … so no big deal.

This morning we had those reps and movements that kinda sucked because of the conditions, but those who showed up just accepted the fact that getting wet is part of getting fit.

We were also treated with a surprise this morning as Alexia who moved to Yuma, joined us a for a workout while she was in Sacramento visiting. Thanks for coming out and joining us Alexia!

If it is running or general fitness, water shouldn’t dampen your progress (yes pun intended). Remember this if you are training for a race like the California International Marathon, when race day comes, the 26.2 miles you are about to tackle on December 4th doesn’t care what the weather was on October 28th … the only thing that matters on that day of the race is if you hit the pavement or not.

Everyone have a good weekend and enjoy your miles.

With Halloween just around the corner, it was time to bring back the #NubsOut workout … this means bringing along pumpkins to the workout.

The base of the workout was the deck of cards from hell workout which involves various movements and reps written on each card in a deck. Today’s plot twist included the pumpkins, so if you hands were free … in other words non-burpee or bear crawls then you were picking up a pumpkin and using it for the exercise.

From sit ups to sprinting with pumpkins it was all fair game. Shoutout to Katie for brining in the pumpkins for the workout this morning.

The next curiosity probably has to do with who are the $hi7 ton of people wearing suits in the group photo. Well those people are our prospects … no you don’t have to wear a tie to join us, these folks are all new to the Sacramento area, who work for various places around town. Two of them already have attended 1 or 2 workouts with us, with the hopes of getting more from the group to come out starting this Friday!

 

When you come up to a workout often times you never know what will be in store for the group … I mean we get 3 miles at 5:30AM another 2 miles at 6AM then when 6:25AM rolls around it is something that kind of just gets thrown out there.

Over the last couple of days, if you follow us on social media you might have seen a targeted verbal by Derek Foran … where the members of 9RUN6 made him think … What did I just agree to …

Well after some continuous social media influencing by our peeps and our friends over that Nuun Hydration … Derek showed up this morning with his better half , Ruth, for the morning run and workout.

We also welcomed Jordan to the group who is a former college cross country runner from UNR Wolf Pack! Along with some new faces we saw some familiar faces that took a brief moment away for recovery and vacations … Welcome back 2.0 (aka Brad) and Kaila.

The 5:30AM group made it’s way to get out and run just under 3 miles by heading out from 10th & N Street towards our newest favorite location, the bridges on 5th and 6th Street near H Street. These are some awesome hills to jump start the morning run before connecting with the group at 10th & N for the 6AM meet up.

The 6AM group heads on our way to grab McRunner out by the Tower Bridge … We don’t even know how this started, but he is the only one who gets special treatment who gets picked up along the route … I mean the group makes it a point to go pick him up… WTF?!?!?! Since when did we ever give anyone special treatment like that? Well I guess because he is McRunner one of our original bad asses …

With 6:25AM on the rise … it was time to make our way from the West Steps out to the roundabout across the street. This is where the routine gets thrown off a little with today’s partner workout … where 1 person performs a movement around the roundabout while their partner does a stationary exercise until partner 1 completes their movement around the circle.

Everyone crushed it today in the partner workout … it was so good that everyone walked away leaving marks of liquid awesome on the ground …

Great Job Everyone and have a fantastic weekend!