2024-25 Prime Season Membership
Prime Season Membership
Houston Group Run Coaching & Training Program
36 Weeks - June 8, 2024 thru Feb 8, 2025
Registration for our 2024-25 Prime season has closed.
Check back during November when we open up registration for our 2025 Spring season & 2025-26 Prime season. We kick off registration with the best pricing on our group run coaching programs during our annual Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale.
If you have questions about any of our membership programs or run coaching services, call or text Coach Michael Merlino at 832.619.9280.
Join us for our 21st anniversary year of coaching Houston runners to their finish lines!
Train for your first or next best race distance or just run for fun & fitness, meet new friends and fall in love with the sport again!
Learn the sport of running from the ground up or continue your running and racing journey with In Flight Running. Train for any race distance anywhere on Planet Earth from the 5K to marathon distance.
During our Prime Season on most weeks of the year we offer Saturday morning long runs, Tuesday morning and evening track workouts at Memorial Park and hill workouts along 9 various hill training circuits along White Oak and Buffalo Bayous.
We occasionally offer a Sunday morning trail run at nearby local and State parks and happy hour runs on some Thursday evenings.
Our group running memberships are loaded with a ton of benefits to help maximize your engagement and results. Not too mention you will meet and run with some great people who love the sport! Many lifelong friendships have been made in our training group!
Here's a quick rundown of what's included in our Prime Season:
- 36 weeks of training that runs from June 8, 2024 thru February 8, 2025.
- Saturday morning, 6:00 AM organized, fully-supported, coached long runs.
- Tuesday 5:15 AM interval workouts (track & hills). We alternate weeks between track and hill workouts to help improve speed, power, strength and running form yet minimize risk of injury.
- Tuesday 6:15 PM interval workouts (track and hills) or just meet up with other members for a training run.
- Occasional, Sunday morning trail runs at beautiful local and Texas State parks like Kemah/Seabrook Nature Trails, Brazos Bend State Park, Huntsville State Park, Lake Livingston State Park, Stephen F Austin State Park, Lake Houston Wilderness Park, Double Lakes Recreation Area and more. Coach Michael is your tour guide on these peaceful, challenging and sometimes hilly, adventure runs.
- Free parking at our Saturday morning group long run home base meet-up place.
- Online maintenance or race training schedules easily accessible from a smartphone app. The app emails you daily reminders on how many miles and what types of workouts you need to complete for optimal results.
- Full access to IFR Founder & Head Coach Michael Merlino via email, phone, Face Time, What'sApp video chat, Zoom video chat or 1 on 1 in person coffee talks to help you fine-tune your running strategy.
- Access to live and on-demand running webcasts with Coach Michael and guests on a variety of fitness and running topics to keep you coached up and motivated.
- Access to our members only app to check in for workouts and get up to date member news, tips and additional coaching.
- Team dry fit shirt! Every member receives their choice of a dry fit tank or T.
- Breakfast shirt! Comfy 50/50 T shirt to put on after those sweaty runs.
- 10% member discount at all Houston area Fleet Feet running stores. 20% off when we run a Saturday long run from the Houston Greenbriar/Bissonnet store.
Have Questions About Our Prime Season Option?
Then type your question in the live pop-up chat box window to the right. When opening up a chat, please include your email address and phone number so we can contact you if we miss you live. You can also click here to send us a question on our contact page, email us at info@inflightrunning.com or call or message us at 832.619.9280. We hope to see you training with the In Flight Running team soon!
For the best pricing available, register on this page and pay up front for the entire Prime Season Option.
If you want to split up the cost of our Prime membership over 6, monthly payments use this link to enroll in our Prime EZ Pay option. A $35 processing fee is added to the current, total cost of our Prime season for setting up a payment plan.
Also check out our Year Pass Option. Year Pass bundles our Prime Season with our Spring Season for an entire year of training. The next Spring and Year Pass options kick off on March 2, 2024.
If you are a true beginner we also offer a Spring Beginner Launch Program. This program 18 week season starts in early 2024 on January 20th and is designed for beginners who are just starting their running journey, are returning to the sport after an extended break or have minimal running base.