Class 9

See what a difference those rest breaks make. All of you ran faster than last week’s test, when your total distance was the same.

Friday will bring an easy half-hour day. Keith McConnell will substitute-teach, so please make that session pleasant for him.

TODAY’S 2 X HALF-MILE INTERVALS

(with total time for one mile and comparison to last week’s nonstop mile test; target was to go faster)

Brianna – 9:46 (-1:58) day's most improved, tie; earning extra credit

Jiaqi -- 8:53 (no target)

Asilia – 11:28 (-1:58) day's most improved, tie; earning extra credit

Kate –  10:10 (-1:54)

TODAY’S 2 X ONE-MILE INTERVALS

(with total time for two miles, per-mile pace and comparison to last week’s nonstop two-mile test; target was to go faster)

Megan – 16:10 (8:05 pace, no target)

Vadim – 15:38 (7:49s, -47 sec.)

Becky – 19:30 (9:45 -36 sec.)

Nathaniel – 15:39 (7:49s, -45 sec.)

LESSON 9: ROAD HAZARDS

The biggest threat that a runner faces, by far, is the car. Traffic zips within arm’s length. A moment’s attention lapse from either you or the driver can bring disaster – for you, not the well-armored driver. The best way to defuse this risk is to avoid the roads. But this greatly limits your running options, especially in hours of darkness and a seasons of foul weather. When using the roads, follow the rules that your mother taught you by age seven: stay off the busiest streets, look both ways before crossing, face the traffic (by running on the left), and run when and where you can see and be seen. Run as if every car is a lethal weapon, which it can be.