From Coach Sellers
Paavo Founder & Director Since 1971
The Paavo ADVENTURE
Yes, for 40 years I have been part of what we call the “Paavo Adventure”. The memories are constant. The memories are forever. The memories are thoughts every day. Every Paavo Camp still creates an excitement, and I have been part of all of them. From the first welcome to the runners, to the last good bye, each camp gives a tinge of enthusiasm that only a Paavonian can understand. Running is an individual moment. So is the Paavo Adventure.
What Is The Paavo Adventure?
The Paavo Adventure is simple. It is what we do. It is what we have done. It is what we plan to do. More so, it can be what you do. It can be what you have done. And it can be what you plan to do. You see, the Paavo Adventure is true to it’s definition. “Remarkable experience, engaging in a new undertaking, an experience that lasts.” All these describe your experience on a Paavo Running Camp. It is what you will remember at the starting line of every race after you complete a Paavo. There is an adventurer in all of us. The Paavos do that.
The adventure is:
• The line-up for the first run of the camp.
• The finish of the first competitive run.
• The Paavo Logbook where learning is given a new meaning for training & racing.
• The motivational presentations by the motivated staff.
• The runs in all the sites and places on the Paavo.
• The final good-byes with other Paavonians where friendships last like the memory.
The Paavo Adventure Gives You:
Monahans Sanders, Run Across Texas Camp
1. Motivation the right way.
2. Training levels higher and better
3. Places where others don’t go or run.
4. A recall used in all training and racing.
5. A memory that lasts a lifetime.
Coach Sellers
“The Paavo Adventure–when you go somewhere you’ve never been, when you do something you’ve never done, and when you become someone you never knew you could be”
Ray Mueller, Freeburg, IL
Paavo Missouri Camp, 2009