Lake Country Weekend Post

NASHOTAH — The Shorehaven Campus pre- sents a "Get Hip" Lun- cheon, Tuesday, May 5 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Red Circle Inn, Nashotah, located at N44-W33013 Watertown Plank Road, Nashotah. Get healthy, get inspired and make it personal at this festive event celebrating men and women's wellness. The spring luncheon will feature guest speaker Tri- cia Sargent, a fit and fab casual wear style show, and a raffle, all to benefit the new fitness center on the Shorehaven Campus. Tickets are $40 per person. The lunch menu includes hors d'oeuvres including spinach bureks, artichokes parmesan, marinated brochettes of kalamata olives, grape tomato and mozzarella. Lunch includes chilled bay shrimp gazpacho, garnished with a chiffon- nade of fresh cilantro, petite muffins and baguettes, salade saisonierre with chilled ballotine of chicken, assorted mesclun greens with craisins and toasted walnuts topped with slices of chilled ballotine. Dessert will feature petite chocolate eclairs, petite cream puffs, lemon bars, chocolate mousse cups with raspberry garni. Mail checks, payable to Shorehaven, to Holly Tunak, Director of Devel- opment, P.O. Box 208, Oconomowoc, WI 53066 by April 24. Call 262 560-6914 or email htunak@lho.org to learn more. Visit www.shorehaven- living.org for more infor- mation. — Enterprise Staff Submitted photo Local fitness guru Tricia Sargent will be the featured speaker at Shorehaven's Get Hip Luncheon May 5 at the Red Lion Inn, N44-W33013 Watertown Plank Road, Nashotah. Local fitness instructor to speak about health at spring luncheon 'Get Hip' to benefit Shorehaven on May 5 Take triathlons one step at a time, coach says 2 • LAKE COUNTRY POST • APRIL 4, 2015 GMTODAY.COM HEALTH —–— Coupon Good During These Times Only —–— Tue. - Thur. 11 AM - 9 pm • Fri. 11 AM - 3 PM • Sat. 8 AM - 10 PM • Sun. 9AM - 8 PM Banquet Room Available for Sport Banquets, Meetings, Showers, Funerals & Rehearsal Dinners 39877 Hwy. 16 • Oconomowoc • 262-567-6777 Schwefel's TAX RELIEF PROGRAM Offer valid 4/4 thru 5/9. Not Valid on Daily specials or with other discount offers. Dine in Only 243611002 50 % Off Buy 1 Meal & 2 Beverages, Get the 2 nd Meal for Submitted photo Logan Molke playing with a ball at Krieser's first Family Fun Day last year. Chiropractor hosting 5K and family fun day By Eric Oliver Enterprise Staff OCONOMOWOC — Ken Krieser knows family time is a rare commodity in the 21st century; he wants to change that, at least for a day. On May 9, Krieser, a chi- ropractor at Krieser Chi- ropractic — W330-N4339 Lakeland Drive, Nashotah — will host a 5K race and a family fun day at Dickten Park, Nashotah. He said there will be inflatables, face painting and games for kids, as well as free chair massages for mothers. The event will culminate in a scavenger hunt where a completed sheet ends with a bouquet of flowers to celebrate Mother's Day. Food will be free for all race participants and all proceeds from the race will benefit two charities, Pink Fields and The Women's Center of Waukesha. Krieser select- ed the charities because they help women and families. Krieser started the annual event last year, and he wants to hold it as long as he can. "I want a day of bring- ing community and fami- lies together to donate to charity and have a day away from all the hectic running around to spend time in a healthy fash- ion," Krieser said. Although looking for sponsors and donations, Krieser and his staff are currently hosting and paying for the event on their own. After the trials and tribulations of holding it last year, Krieser said planning the planning has gone much better this year. "It's a lot easier now," Krieser said. "Last year, I was just trying to make a phone call or send out a letter between patients and that could get tough." Krieser said that no matter what the circum- stance he wants people to come out and enjoy the day with their family. "I think it's a great opportunity to do some- thing that is good for your family, your body and the community because we are raising money for charity," Krieser said. Email: eoliver@conleynet.com Submitted photo From left, Meghan Klettke, Ken Krieser and Casey Witkowski are presented with checks from the first Family Fun Day held by Krieser last year. Klettke and Witkowski are representatives of charities. Submitted photo From left, Cindy Jaggi, Laura Breunig, Pat Leighty and Claudia Lewis don't let cold weather stop them from training for the race they ran last year. By Eric Oliver Enterprise Staff OCONOMOWOC — Run- ning coach Karen "Coach Flo" Floeckher says a triathlon is triple the plea- sure for enthusiasts. "A tri high is three times as good as a running high, and I really believe it," Floeckher, a community out- reach coordinator and a run- ning coach with Endurance House Middleton, said. There are no doubts triathlons are completely different beasts than just running, biking or swim- ming individually. With triathlons you might strug- gle with one aspect, excel in another and be average in the last and still have a good race, Floeckher said. Endurance House offers two, 12-week sessions to help train for a triathlon, but Floeckher also said there are programs online — some through Hal Higdon or John "The Penguin" Bingham — that will also help. Getting started Floeckher offered tips to the beginning triathlete. Her biggest tip was to become part of a group. The support a group provides will help keep a new triathlete moti- vated. In her experience, Floeck- her said swimming is the leg people are most intimidated with. Her best advice for the beginning swimmer is to go out and find a coach. "Don't be intimidated," Floeckher said. "There are so many people that are out there to instruct beginning swimmers." Fear over outdated or insufficient equipment is also unjustified. A bike from a secondhand shop will be more than enough until an upgrade can be made, she said. "You can do a lot on your brother's old mountain bike," Floeckher said. "I know I did." Floeckher also warned of working out with somebody at a different pace, whether faster or slower. Neither party will benefit, and in the end the frustration of hav- ing to wait or push beyond the limits a first-time run- ner is comfortable with will frustrate everybody. When it comes to starting running, there is no shame in the "run slow" movement. If a new runner needs to either walk/run or walk for parts of the race that's OK, Floeckher said. "Time on your feet is valu- able, and every step should be celebrated," Floeckher said. The decision to compete in a race follows a few select stages; Floeckher called them stages of change. Every triathlete that decides to compete goes through these stages before and after their race. Precontemplation, where a person is not aware that they want to change yet. Contemplation, where a person decides they want to change. Floeckher said she has had a lot of people say, "I see the runners on the street, and I wish I could be like them." Preparation, where peo- ple start looking at what they can do to start training. They email coaches, look up programs online, talk to other athletes all to figure out how they can train for a race. Action, when a person starts training to get into a race. Floeckher said during the action phase it's impor- tant for first-time runners or triathletes to find a support- ive network to keep encour- aging the positive behavior. Complete the goal race. Maintenance. After the successful completion of the goal race. Floeckher said, the next important step is to maintain the results they just achieved and not to relapse into their past inac- tive habits. Looking for a new goal or another race are two ways to ensure the habits are maintained. Floeckher had one last piece of advice for the new runner or triathlete. "Allow yourself to feel awkward in the beginning because good things grow out of awkwardness," she said. Submitted photo Karen "Coach Flo" Floeckher leaving a lake after a practice swim with her team. TRIPLE TREAT

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