History:
2000: Grant Pettrie started to gather runners to train as well as to race together when he was working in Korea in early 2000. He led the running group and volunteered to organize a training schedule and a race. He was also highly encouraging all type of runners and loved to share a wonderful part of life, running. Kelly, Edward and some other runners were running with him then. Grant did a great job with the running group for four years until he got back to his homeland USA in May 2004. I joined them in 2001.
2004: Jason
Perdew joined us in 2002. He volunteered to take Grant’s job since he
left. Jason was a sprinter in high school and is knowledgeable in running.
He was delightfully sharing it with us and enjoyed running in Korea
until May 2005.
2005: Myself (JongBin) also volunteered to take care of the
running group after Jason left. SmileRun is opened to all who love running.
We do not charge any money but share what we earned from others and
our experiences. SmileRun is officially established to share running
with others in 2005.
Introduction:
SmileRun was found in 2005. We normally do speed training, tempo run, hill training at Yongsan on Thursday evening and long slow distance (LSD) training on Sunday morning. All members of SmileRun may have their own goals and plans but we normally focus on training for two marathons in a year. We participate into Seoul International Marathon (DongA Marathon) in March and Chunchon Marathon in October or JoongAng Marathon in Novemberl. We also participate into some other local races to measure ourselves and to have fun.
Motos: Running is a great sport to have Fun, Friendship and Fitnees.
Regular training:
Thursday: Meet meet at Collier Field House on Yongsan post at 17:45 p.m. and at Gate17-A, exit No. 2 of IChon subway station, at 17:55 p.m. Normally run along Han river at IChon area of the river.
Sunday: Meet at exit No. 3 of Noksapyeong subway station at 07:00 a.m. from April to October and at 08:00 a.m. from November to March.
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