Will Henderson established WillsHills and WillsHills High School Program to give the runners of Houston, Texas, the opportunity to improve their overall fitness, increase muscle strength, plus achieve and  maintain an ideal body weight.   We are a not-for-profit group and give a percentage of all of our proceeds, every session, to charity.  WillsHills provides a lightly competitive environment and wonderful support network that can provide the extra motivation you need to reach your fitness goals.

WillsHills consists of runners of all ages and running levels.  Our usual workouts are on Monday's, Wednesday's, and Friday's, starting at 5:30 AM for adults, or 7:15 AM for High Schoolers, at Spotts Park, 401 S. Heights Blvd. (77007).  However (adults only) please check the "schedule" (listed above) as we do meet at other times and locations from time to time!!

We meet in the parking lot of the old YWCA (adjacent to Spotts Park) located on Heights Boulevard just north of Memorial Drive. We pride ourselves on being a very cohesive, supportive, fun and highly sarcastic running group.

WillsHills has two sessions this summer:

*) High School Program - Begins Monday, 5/31/10, at 7:15 AM (please click on "High School" link above for our workout schedule and more information about the program)

*) Adult Program - Just started and runs until Friday, 8/14.

Our main objective in this summer is twofold; increase both speed, and endurance.  Summer is a great time to get physically and mentally ready for the fall racing season.  All of your previous spring training, plus a good push through the summer will help you run your best race possible in the fall. Our session involves a huge variety of venues and workouts, all designed to help you run faster and more consistently.  Summer workouts focus on hill and speed training with shorter duration higher intensity runs. 

New?  Just looking to get faster?  Want something "different"?. Getting too much sleep:)... well this session works for that too!  

We help you develop both stamina and speed, encouraging not only running fitness, but total body fitness.  We use a combination of various running workouts, plyometrics and calisthenics.  Workouts also include push-ups, core work, stretching and more.  The complete workout usually takes a little over 1 hour.  Our runners get in shape and have fun too. 

What if you're not  racing?  You just want to get in better shape and/or lose weight?  The workouts are tough; I never really get use to waking up really early, but I and many others can attest that this type of training, with the benefit of running with a group of like minded (kinda' nutty) people will get you in  GREAT shape and do it very...quickly!    

So what are you waiting for?  Come out and join us for a workout or two!  It's free to try!  If you do start coming out on a regular basis we ask that you help support our charities and the promotion of running through WillsHills.  The suggested donation is $50 for your initial session which includes, a new cool technical WillsHills' singlet, Gatorade, and water. After your initial session a $40 donation per session is suggested.  Don't worry if the session has already started, just email me and we will get you going ASAP!