Summer is the perfect time to work on merit badges with time and training requirements such as Athletics merit badge.

Join Workcoeman staffers Joe and Will as they guide you through warming up to developing a personal running program.

For week one, join Joe and Will in their introductory jog around Camp Workcoeman and West Hill Pond.

In week two, join Joe in his second jog, this time around the Stony Creek Quarry Preserve loop, near Branford, Connecticut.

A trail map can be found here.

In week three, join Joe and Will as they hike Bear Mountain and nearby peaks in Salisbury, Connecticut.

In week four, join Joe as he takes you on a trail run through the McLean Game Refuge in Granby, Connecticut. Along the way he shares a bit of nature and some geologic history of the area.