Class 10

Good luck to our many runners who are racing this weekend: at intramural track meet (Lyanne and Amina), Eugene Half-Marathon (Matt, Jessica, Becky) and Wildflower Triathlon (Anna). Any others?

We hit the term's halfway point today. Thursday’s distances, for those not recovering from races, are 3.3 and 6.6 miles. You’ll run the neighborhoods south of campus.

TODAY’S TWO-MILE TEST

(with per-mile pace and comparison to your last long run here; target was to go faster; * = better than first week’s test at half this distance)

Bryce – 20:19 (10:09 pace, +28 sec. per mile)

Peter – 14:40 (7:20s, -1:02) day’s 2^nd most improved

*Lyanne – 22:35 (11:17s, +38 sec.)

Alex – 19:11 (8:35s, -11 sec.)

Zach – 14:40 (7:20s, -43 sec.)

*Amina – 22:35 (11:17s, -48 sec.)

Michael – 14:58 (7:29s, +1:29)

Elliot – 19:59 (9:59s, -59 sec.) day’s 3^rd most improved

Blake – 19:20 (9:40s, no target)

Doug – untimed

TODAY’S FOUR-MILE TEST

(with per-mile pace and comparison to your last long run here; target was to go faster; * = better than first week’s test at half this distance)

Matt – 25:58 (6:29 pace, -15 sec. per mile)

*Lauren O. – 37:22 (9:20s, -1:07) most improved, earning extra credit

Miranda – 47:44 (11:56s, -1 sec.)

Tyler – 26:44 (6:41s, -42 sec.)

Austin – 25:58 (6:29s, -19 sec.)

Lauren W. – 36:35 (9:08s, -32 sec.)

LESSON 10: GETTING SICK

Take illness symptoms as seriously as those of injury. But instead of using pain as a guide, substitute the words fever and fatigue. The most common ailments are the flu and colds. Never, ever run with the flu’s fever. Don’t just rest while feverish but take an additional day off for each day of the illness, or you risk serious complications. Colds are more mundane – and more common. They usually pass through you in about a week. Rest during the “coming-on” stage (usually the first two to four days). Then run easily (slowly enough not to cause heavy coughing and nose-throat irritation) during the “coming-out” stage.