The Northern Illinois Trail Runners Organization will host the eight-week Walk to Run 101 program training for the NITRO Trailblazer 5K Run.

The nine-week program begins April 21 with walking and jogging and finishes June 21 with a 5K Run at the Sycamore Speedway, 50W086 Old State Road in Maple Park.

Participants will follow a training schedule that includes three weekly training runs facilitated by NITRO volunteers. Participants will be able to track their training progress, receive nutritional tips, meet others interested in running, and enjoy the accomplishment of finishing a 5K run. Registration for this program is $40, which includes a race day T-shirt.

NITRO will host a kick-off meeting on the Walk to Run 101 training program at 7 p.m. April 16 at Faranda’s Conference Center, 302 Grove St. For more information and to register, go to www.nitroruns.org/running-101 or contact Jennifer Groce at [email protected].