Okay what is the goofy picture about? According to Karen all you need to do a half marathon is your cute little shoes and your nano and it helps to have a running partner. I guess you could do it without the nano with all your fun music but I would not try it.
I have already reported to you that there was going to be the first ever Half Marathon in Pier Park so heres your update. I spoke to Tricia Mayo at Girls inc and she gave me the low down
You must register at active.com which I supplied to you in the previous blog and your contact to be a volunteer is Tricia at 769-6703. The event is going to benefit Girls Inc and how exciting that we are bringing something so wonderful to our community of runners.
I would really love to hear from you and your running adventures. As for Kriss and I we are doing the Jeff Galloway run walk method which I have used in for sometime now. What is amazing about this method is how fast you can run a race ( now that would not be me... but other people run fast) It is also a great way to exercise without hurting yourself
Here's you useful tip of the day according to Galloway: When you exercise in high heat (above 70 degrees F with humidy above 50.... uh oh that is all the time for us Floridians) you raise core body temperature. Most beginning runners will see the internal temperature rise when the outside thermometer rises. This triggers a release of blood ionto the capillaries of your skin to cool you down. This diversion reduces the blood supply available to your exercising muscles, meaning that you will have less blood and less oxygen delivered to the power source that moves you forward----and less blood to move out the wast products from these work sites.
So I said all that to say this: When the temp is between 76 and 80 degrees then you should slow down 2 minutes per mile slower than you would run at 60 degrees. If you need more running information please go to
www.jeffgalloway.com
Okay, get up off of that couch and grab your shoes and nano and hit the road. Give me a call at 527-5651 and let me know how you are doing.