Running Log 5/22/17
Running Log 5/22/17
Location: PG High School football field/track
Task: 20/40’s for 10 minutes
Participants: Entire family
By “entire family” I don’t suggest that we all ran. I don’t run at all. JR is just barely walking (but doing a fabulous job of it), and Steven spent most of the time crying.
We were all present though. It was good quality family time, even with the tears involved.
Task
A 20/40 is just a longer variant of the 15/30 I’ve described before. 20 seconds of sprinting (100% full speed) followed by 40 seconds of walking. Repeat for 10 minutes. I switched to the 20/40 format for two reasons. First, it is a longer sprint which the older kids are ready for, and; second, it is easier to keep track of when to start/stop because it ends on each minute.
This time we had a new whistle we got to use so I didn’t have to yell STOP and START over and over. One whistle blast means run and 2 means stop. Much better for me!
Results
Not a particulartly good outing. We went much later in the evening that normal and almost nobody was excited for it. Having a bad attitude almost always leads to bad effort and bad results.
Josh only did about 1/2 of the laps before he was complaining his knee hurt, and so he walked the rest. Caitlin at almost exactly the same time said she twisted her ankle (on the flat track??), but continued half-heartedly. Kristie tried hard but was ornery about not being able to breath – this is her least favorite running activity. Even Julie had issues.
JR cried as soon as Mom ran away from him. Steven cried as soon as he realized he couldn’t keep up. Andrew finished one lap and begged to be done.
We were going to do 15 minutes of this exercise, but when Nikki came up at 10 minutes and claimed she needed to pee I called it quits, gave 3 blasts to signal we were done, and headed for the car. Julie had just started another lap and so she walked the whole thing to cool down. Who walked with her? The girl who supposedly needed to pee, “sooo bad!”.
I set up the GoPro, so I’ll edit the video if any of it is any good and post it at a later date.
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Running Log 5/13/17
Running Log 5/13/17
Location: PG Rec Center Indoor Running track
Task: Run as far as you can for 12 minutes, and finish any lap that begins before time ends.
This is our standard Saturday run. Keeping it consistent helps track if someone is getting better, getting worse, had a bad week, etc.
Achievements
The huge accomplishment this week goes out to Nikki! She did her best running ever and did one more lap than she has ever done before!! Way to go sweetie! You were awesome.
Caitlin also had her best ever. She did the same number of laps as a few prior runs, but completed it today almost 30 seconds faster this time! She is getting much better really quickly now that she has decided it is something she wants to be good at. He success and growth have gone hand in hand with her terrific attitude.
Julie had her best day ever, but said afterward that it hurt more than ever too. Not just in body ache, but her actual joints had some pain while running, so we’ll be babying her to make sure she doesn’t get injured in her quest for better health. She was almost 30 seconds faster than her previous best time. You rock babe!
Others
Kristie and Charlee were both consistent. Kristie was slightly better than normal, and Charlee slightly worse. Those variations happen from week to week.
Josh was our big negative today. He had his worst time and fewest laps since we began. He had gone and helped his grandfather with some plumbing earlier in the day and spent a good bit of time hauling full 5 gallon buckets out of a crawl space. His legs were sore and tired when we started, so we didn’t expect him to break any records. He was still our fastest, just not by as much as normal. He tried hard and gave his best though, so it was still a good run from him.