Second Mile

Today students completed, their second mile race.  It was a hot one!  Due to the heat, many of us (including myself) were unable to meet our mile time goals.  We also modified the course to ensure that it was a mile. This session of the running club has been in my opinion the most fun and rewarding one so far.  We have seen great success in students training to improve their running stamina, cardio and speed.  We have been working in four groups, based on the students' goal or purpose for joining running Club

• Speed group - we have been doing a lot of speed work, hill training and building our fast twitch muscles to improve our speed.
• Cardio group - we have been been doing a lot of cardiovascular exercise that require us to get our heart rates up from normal walking.  We have done obstacle courses (ladders, hurdles, sprints) and races to build up our cardio.
• 1 Mile group - we have been doing a lot of interval runs to improve our 1/8, 1/4 and 1/2 mile times.  We ran a 1/2 mile run last week (4/24) and every students was able to improve their running pace from their mile race.  A few our students beat their time by 2 minutes 
• 2+ miles - we have been working on building up our stamina to train for a 5k.  Our students continue to work on running at a pace that they can keep for a duration of about 20 minutes.  Students have been able to increase their distance to over two miles (some over three) in a twenty minute run.