January 16th, 2025 Newsletter

January 16, 2025

Fleet Feet Chico Newsletter
January 16th, 2025

New Workshop for Runners!

Cardinal Mental Skills

Success requires practice, experience, and doing the hard things. Physical excellence requires practice. Mental skills require practice as well. This is where mental skills interventions are key.

Sport psychology encompasses many concepts. The five cardinal mental skills are relaxation/arousal regulation, focus, self-talk, imagery, and routines. Other mental skills include goal setting, mindset, confidence, and mindfulness.

Several of these concepts will be covered with actionable tips given over the course of five workshops.

The first workshop will cover goal setting. This will include how success is defined for you, what motivates you, and what happens when you encounter roadblocks. Subsequent workshops will cover self-talk, routines, emotional regulation, and recovering from injury.

Join us and Sarah Beacham on January 19th at 9:00am at Fleet Feet Chico as we host part one of five workshops digging into these mental skills and they can benefit us in our training as well in life.

Coffee will be available to all attendees.
Please email shawna@fleetfeetchico.com to RSVP

More Information

Bidwell Classic 5k, 10k
and Half Marathon

Join us on March 1st

Celebrating 49 years of running in Bidwell Park in Chico CA this race has become a chico tradition for so many! We with 3 distances offered we are pleased to host the Bidwell Classic again in 2025!

We are excited to offer a cash purse again for the top male and female in each event!

BENEFITS STUDENT ATHLETES

A substantial portion of the race entry fees go to the local high school cross country running programs. When you participate in the Bidwell Classic, you are supporting local student athletes. If you would like to make an additional donation to the schools, please do so on the donation portion of the registration. Thank you so much for supporting this race and our local youth runners!

Online registration closes at 8:00am on Friday February 28th, 2025.

In person registration will be available during packet pickup.

No in person registration will be available on race day.

Packet pickup will be available Friday February 28th 10:00am-4:00pm

Race day packet pick up will be available Saturday March 1st from 6:45am - 7:45am

Any questions about registration or packet pick up please email shawna@fleetfeetchico.com

More Info / Register

2025 Race Series

Fleet Feet Chicos 2025 Race Series Challenge

Who doesn’t love a challenge?

This challenge is based on the four races that are owned by Fleet Feet Chico.

How to play:

Do and complete a race form each races event

a. Bidwell Classic on March 1st, 2025 (5k, 10k, Half Marathon)

Bidwell Classic 5K, 10k and Half Marathon March 1st, 2025

b. Downtown Mile on April 6th, 2025

Chico Downtown Mile

c. Fall Trail Classic on October 19th, 2025 (Endurance Challenge 50k, Half Marathon)

Registration Opens January 2025

d. Almond Bowl on November 2nd, 2025 (5k, 10k)

Registration Opens January 2025

Of the races you must do a minimum combination of a 1 mile, 5k, 10k and Half Marathon or greater.

(Examples: DTM, BC 10k, Trail half, AB 5k or DTM, BC half, Trail Endurance Challenge, AB 10k) Note: If you do the endurance challenge as part of your challenge it can count towards any race distance if you complete at least one lap (one lap – 5k, two laps – 12k, 3-4 laps- Half Marathon) But you will only be age graded for this race if you complete it.

All race times will be verified, age graded and uploaded by the race director the week after each race.

For more information or to register click the link below

Information / Register

Free Monthly Cafe Runs
with Bidwell Perk

Cafe Runs with Fleet Feet Chico
Every 2nd Sunday at Bidwell Perk

Join Fleet Feet Chico for our monthly fun runs with Bidwell Perk!

Sundays are a great day for a recovery run, and what is a nice recovery run without a warm cup of coffee at the end!?!

Fleet Feet Chico has partnered with Bidwell Perk to offer a Free Fun Run on the second Sunday of EVERY MONTH!

Come to Bidwell Perk at 8:00am to meet up with the morning run crew, head out on a beautiful morning run and finish at Bidwell Perk for a complimentary cup of fresh brewed coffee! (First Cup complementary)

Mark your calendar for the remaining dates for 2025:

Next:
February 9th

Upcoming:
March 9th

For more information about this or any other event please contact shawna@fleetfeetchico.com

For all questions or additional information, please contact shawna@fleetfeetchico.com

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