The weather for this evening remains unpredictable, but the workout for the C25K program is not. This week, after our 5 minute warmup and stretches, we will jog for 25 minutes. The workout for Saturday is the same, and we are still meeting at 8:00am at the Memorial Field.
A week from Saturday (July 20), we will mark the course for the Homecoming 5k. It's nothing all that surprising--1.5 miles out on the Ghost Town Trail, then return to the YPCC. So if our new runners are feeling ambitious, they can get a full preview of the course before race day. Or they can complete the scheduled workout for that day, which is 28 minutes of continuous jogging.
The advanced runners will probably do a lighter workout this evening, since many of them ran the Altoona 15k/5k. As has been the case, the specifics of the workout will be determined at the track.
Speaking of Altoona... My standard excuse after running this race has always been, "the heat really got to me." But Ted Spiker over at Runners World thinks that people like me need to stop complaining. Here are the first three of his, "9 Reasons Why I’m Not Complaining About Running in Heat/Humidity." Make sure to check out the entire list...
Because, if you need to drop weight fast (Lose 4 Pounds in 12 Minutes!), it’s the best way to do so, with the exception of eating three-days-in-the-sun potato salad.
Because every step taken at 90+ is a big ol’ slap to the face of the weather gods who don’t think you have the mojo to fight through.
Because few things beat the adrenaline rush of walking up to someone else’s home, turning on a spigot to take one desperate slurp because your bottles have run dry, and praying that the owner doesn’t eyeball you up with a poison-tipped arrow and greet you with a “Something I can help you with, son?” (Hey, I live in Florida; it could happen.)
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