Our first Tuesday together taught me some lessons, to. The main one was
the need to change slightly our start/finish spot. Last week’s sat too directly
on the main bike/hike path. We’ll move closer to the kids’ playground… after
meeting at the same place as before (northwest side of Amazon Community
Center).
The distance this time will be 1.5 miles, or almost half a 5K. The
route: to south end of woodchip trail, then the full one-mile lap there (north
on creek side, back on street side) and return to start. GPS distance on my
watch is 1.50 miles.
Weather forecast is again friendly to runners: day’s high of 72 and
partly cloudy.
Bob Coll at the Eugene Running Company has confirmed that you qualify
for a 10-percent discount on products at his store. Just mention that you are in my City of
Eugene 5K class.
LESSON 3: Warmup/Cooldown
Don’t confuse stretching with warmup. Stretching exercises don’t start
you sweating or raise your heart rate. You warm up by moving – first by walking
or running slowly or a separate quarter-mile or so, then by easing into the
full pace of the day in early stages of the run itself. When the run ends,
resist the urge to stop suddenly. Instead, walk another five minutes to cool
down more gradually. Then comes the best time for stretching – at the end, when
you loosen the muscles that running has tightened.
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