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Page 33 August 2011 Fit Continued from page 31 Bill Warren and Mercedes Cimino post-race “All of it becomes possible.” Phoenix Fit organizer Mercedes Cimino, who has been a member for seven years, said she enjoys the park and canal training as not only a coaching opportunity, but also a social gathering. “Every single year people join who I genuinely consider my friends,” she said. “It’s so gratifying being at the fi nish line and seeing someone cross who you have been running with for six months. We all have shared dif fi culties and shared triumphs.” The six months of training begins this month. Cimino said the training consists of a marathon and half marathon schedule of running four times a week, three on one’s own during the week and once with the group on Saturday. “The No. 1 goal of training members is to train them how to be safe runners,” she said. “We have 15- to 20-minute seminars almost every Saturday that help members understand how to be safe when it comes to stretching, hydrating or selecting the proper running gear.” Dennis Erickson, a Phoenix Fit member who ran his fi rst marathon this past January, said Phoenix Fit, a subgroup of USA Fit, is a great support group for him physically and mentally. “I would not have been as successful or maybe even have failed if I had to do that by myself without support,” he said. “Running a marathon is a tough experience on top of me just turning 64.” Erickson said Cimino’s words before his race, “trust your training,” helped him set his own personal record, despite being mentally drained after the marathon. “The hardest thing about the marathon is not the physical it’s the mental,” he said. “As you go through the whole marathon you argue with yourself. It’s amazing some of the conversations you have going through your mind like, ‘Why are you doing this. What, are you an idiot?’ ” Erickson said even when you’re the slowest one, there’s always someone waiting for you at the fi nish line. “Knowing that you’re running with Phoenix Fit, after you fi nish a 10- or 15- mile run, you know ... there is someone there waiting for you to cheer you on,” he said. “You can’t ask for anything more than that.”