Personal coaching by the founder of Women Walk the Marathon® towards attaining your marathon finishers' medal.

Description: Research the marathon you'll walk.  Walk through your program in 8-week segments of personal coaching. Initial phone consultation, Customized workouts. Weekly e-mails.

$110 per 8-week session.

Think you're too overweight or out-of-shape to enjoy an active, fit life? Work with Coach Ellie to get off the couch . . .  and stay off!

Description: Personal 8-week coaching program, initial phone consultation, customized workouts, weekly e-mails.

$110 per 8-week session.

Coaching for shorter walk events.

Description: Learn about your event. Personal 8-week coaching program. Initial phone consultation. Customized workouts, Weekly e-mails.

$110 per 8-week session.

Training for the Portland Marathon (October 5, 2008) by Coach Ellie Hodder, founder of Women Walk the Marathon®.

A program for walkers who have a strong base and who have walked one or more Portland or other marathon walks. Information specific to the Portland Marathon and its particular demands. Initial phone consultation, weekly e-mails. Custom workouts to help you fine tune your training to help you meet your goals for this event.

$175, 12 week session

Training for the Portland Marathon (October 5, 2008) by Coach Ellie Hodder, founder of Women Walk the Marathon®.

A program for walkers who have never walked a marathon but who have a strong desire to do so. Information specific to the Portland Marathon and its particular demands. Custom workouts to help you build a base of endurance so you can complete the long distance of this event. Counsel in overcoming obstacles and set backs and maintaining focus to get you to the finish line. . Monthly phone consultations, weekly e-mails.

$255, 18 week session

Regular and On-Going Personal Support.

Got questions? Need a shot of motivation? Inspiration? Here's an opportunity to check in with your own personal coach to help you stay on-track, work towards your fitness goals and achieve consistancy. This program is ideal for an individual who values being able to "check in" regularly with their coach.

Description: Personal 8-week coaching program  in weekly installments, weekly phone consultations, customized workouts, weekly e-mails.

$225 per 8-week session.

LECTURE #1 from the "Exercise is not a dirty word" lecture series.

Did you make a New Year's resolyution to exercise? . . . Have you already fallen off the wagon? . . . Are you tired of feeling badly about yourself for being less of an athelte than you'd like to be?

Let's talk!

• What's the good stuff that comes from regular exercise? Is it really worth the effort?
• How to "other people" figure out how to fit in exercise in an already "too much demand" on any given mere 24-hour day?
• What if I  fall off the wagon? How do it get back on and stay on?

Practical, no nonsense strategies to help you put zing in your exercise regimen.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008 • 7:00 pm
OHSU School of Nursing Auditorium, Portland, OR

IN-PERSON REGISTRATION: Cash or check only.

REFUNDS: Less $12 handling fee up to 24-hours prior to lecture. No refunds thereafter.

LECTURE #2; from the "Exercise is not a dirty word" lecture series.

What does it really take to train properly so that you can enjoy a marathon walk? Do you have the time? The inclination? The will to sustain the effort? . . . By the way, . . . how far is a marathon, anyway?

Learn:
• What is involved in training, a step-by-step approarch.
• Strategies to sustain the effort over time, especially through the long summer months.
• "Places to go, people to see, things to do" right here in our backyard!

Thousands of walkers have trained successfully with Coach Ellie. Come find out what marathon walking is all about.

Class includes a checklist to help you make an informed decision and a marathon training schedule.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 • 7:00 pm
OHSU School of Nursing Auditorium

LECTURE #3: from the "Exercise is not a dirty word" lecture series.

If you're not "naturally thin" it's hard to find a place for yourself in today's exercise world.

Do you think that only "naturally skinny people" and those with "skinny genes" can be successfully exercisers?

Are you tired of having your doc tell you you're "too heavy"?

Do you find the thought of yet anotgher diet depressing?

Discouraged? , . . Feeling hopeless? . . . Thing there's really no place to turn if you're truly overweight and out of shape?

Let's talk! There are no quick fixes and no easy answers, but there IS hope!

Learn what you can do if you are truly motivated, but feeling as if there's no place to turn for real help, compassionate advice or honest peer support.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 • 7:00 pm
OHSU School of Nursing Auditorium