Wolf Ridge – Lake Superior View
April 2011
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Weekly Report
A little bit better this week. I was out of town for the weekday parts with 7th Graders at the Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center. We had a lot of fun, even if it was quite exhausting. I had brought gear to try and run, but didn’t get a lot of sleep! Between the kids staying up late and some snoring roommates…
On Saturday I got a nice 7.5 mile run that included the East Bank of the U of MN and the Rocky’s Run course. It was humid and overcast, but I’ve discovered that doing the heart rate runs you don’t work up the same amount of sweat as a more traditional run. The run ended at Freewheel Midtown where I picked up my bike and rode it the 1/2 mile home.
Sunday I met up with some of the guys at Jensen Lake and hammered out some trails. I was beat at 3.5 when we went by the parking lot so I bailed. It was great to be on trails again and to catch up a bit with the guys. There was obviously mud and still some snowy parts. One hill in particular we struggled to get up because of the icy snow. That just added to the adventure of a first trail run!
Obviously 30 Days of Biking didn’t go well while I was out of town, but I did do like a minute on the trainer on Monday and the 1/2 mile on Saturday. Christy and I did about a 9 mile ride on Sunday towing Nadia behind. It was a brutal ride to the lakes on the Greenway thanks to some intense wind, but a more relaxing ride back!
Your Training for 04/04/2011 – 04/10/2011 |
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| Miles: | 20.01 | Comments: | 2 |
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| Time: | 01:54 | Motivations: | 0 |
| Calories: | 2104 | Among Friends: | 28 |
| Workouts: | 3 | Overall Position: | 9918 |
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AT&T Tower Reflecting the Foshay Tower
April 2011
Saucony Helps Local School
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The Saucony Run for Good Foundation, established to help combat childhood obesity by providing financial support to community-based youth running programs, has announced its latest round of grant winners. The eight grants include a biannual award presented in the name of 2008 Olympic sprinter and Saucony athlete Wallace Spearmon, Jr., to support track and field programs benefiting at-risk youth. The Wallace Spearmon, Jr. grant was awarded to the Boys and Girls Club of Boston, Massachusetts to support the launch of ten running programs in three urban neighborhoods in Boston.
“Reversing the childhood obesity epidemic will take everyone, communities, schools, families and businesses, working together,” said Richie Woodworth, president of the Saucony Run For Good Foundation Board of Directors and Saucony, Inc. “At the heart of the Saucony brand is our mission: to inspire others to run. We have a passionate belief in the transformative power of running for everyone, including kids. Addressing the issues facing the health of our children through the Saucony Run For Good Foundation represents a fusion of our mission and our commitment to social responsibility,” added Woodworth.
Since the Foundation launched in 2006, it has invested nearly $700,000 in grants to 80 organizations nationwide?all dedicated to promoting the sport of running as a part of a healthy, active lifestyle.
“Changing unhealthy behaviors, including eating too much and exercising too little, cannot be accomplished by our kids on their own,” said Susan K. Hartman, associate publisher of Runner’s World magazine and a member of the Saucony Run For Good Board of Directors. “Hopefully, each of these grants is a small victory in the fight against this growing epidemic, creating greater access and opportunities for more kids to live healthier lives,” she added.
Childhood obesity has increased over 300% in the past 30 years according to the CDC (Center for Disease Control). Obesity among children aged 6 to 11 years increased from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008. Obesity among adolescents aged 12 to 19 years increased from 5.0% to 18.1% during the same time period.
The recipients of the latest round of grant winners range from new running clubs to community developmental organizations, which all have a common goal: to promote running as a critical part of healthy lifestyles among children.
Six years ago, Bryan Sorensen started the Run Club in the Anoka-Hennepin School District, hoping to teach kids the importance of good nutrition, how to be properly hydrated, how valuable life-long activity is and that running can be fun. This club has goals in the future of increasing the number of students who participate in Run Club at both Oxbow Creek and Champlin Brooklyn Park Academy as well as exposing more kids to running at an earlier age. With this grant, Bryan hopes to make this program available for all students regardless of their family’s current financial position.
Weekly Report
41 miles of biking. WOW!! Spring is finally here and I pulled my bike out of the garage and started commuting! I had the car on Monday, but Tuesday morning I walked Nadia to day care while pushing my bike. I’m sure we looked quite a sight! Nadia was on my chest, a backpack on my back, and pushing the bike next to me. We did this two mornings before I finally got the bike trailer rigged up so that we can use her car seat.
You see, babies aren’t supposed to ride in a trailer until they can hold their heads up with a helmet on. A friend’s doctor confirmed this statement of every company’s manual.
We have a Chariot Cougar 2 and they sell accessories for infants. Just not for with the bike attachments. So we decided to rig the trailer so that her car seat could be strapped securely in a rear facing manner. It seems to be working pretty well. I commuted 2 days with the trailer and we went for a 10 mile ride on Sunday.
This is the first time I biked outside since November and I actually biked more last week than the entire month of November (though to be fair pretty much everything stopped after the 14th!)
I did run, once. I went out on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon and ran 5 miles along the Greenway. I’ve been hearing a lot about heart rate training and how in the base phase you need to keep it in a Zone 1 or 2. So I setup my heart rate monitor and went out for a run with the goal of keeping my heart rate under 160 bpm. It turned out to be quite hard and a little annoying. I had to run pretty slow (almost 10 minute pace). I knew to expect it, but still… that’s hard for me to do. I completed the 5 miles and actually didn’t feel very tired, my legs felt a little tired, but they also did almost an hour of running!
I went ahead and signed up for 30 Days of Biking, even though I’ll be gone all of this week and several days at the end of the week and won’t have access to a bike. So my 30 Days of Biking is really… Biking every day in April that I have access to a bike!
I hope to get 2 runs in next week (week days, more on the weekend!) while I’m at Wolf Ridge with a bunch of 7th graders. It will mean an extremely early start to the day, but it might also help reduce the stress level!