First Strides Allentown

🏃‍♀️ Overview of First Strides®

A 10-week program to help you comfortably progress to a healthy habit of walking, jogging, or running at a pace that is right for you.

🗓️ Weekly Meetings

First Strides® meets weekly, please come dressed for activity. Our workout program is formatted with:

• Local experts: offering short fitness and wellness presentations on topics ranging from nutrition to what to wear to injury prevention
• Gentle warm-up: exercises to prepare you for the workout
• Group walk/run: determined by pace
• Post-workout stretch: and a group walk/run

👩‍👧‍👦 Who Can Join?

Women from ages 12 to 112 are welcome to attend. Join with your daughters, mothers, neighbors, co-workers and friends.

• Doctor's approval: Participants are expected to have approval from their doctors to participate.
• Pandemic guidelines: Compliance with any pandemic guidelines that we will have in place based on local, state and federal requirements.

🎓 Mentorship Program

Our mentors are First Strides® graduates, Women’s 5K Classic committee members and Lehigh Valley Road Runners (LVRR) members.

🌼 Program Schedule

We run two programs during the year, a spring session that goes from late March to early June and a fall session that goes from late July to early October. You can participate on Tuesday evenings, Wednesday evenings, or both!

📍 Location

As part of the Lehigh Valley Road Runners (LVRR), we meet and workout at the Lehigh Parkway in Allentown.

💰 Cost

Cost: $50 (early-bird specials $45) for single night. $90 (early-bird special $85) for both nights.

• Includes: literature, workouts, mentoring/instruction, and graduation shirt (if earned by attending 7 out of 10 sessions)

⚠️ Important Information

Registration fee is non-transferable between people or locations, and is non-refundable. Note: switching between nights is not possible.

🔗 Learn More

For additional details, please visit the official race page: First Strides® Allentown Registration.