Run Class Quiz

If you are taking this class for CREDIT and have NOT taken it from me prior t this term, email your answers to me by next Thursday, the last class.

1. Who qualifies to run road races? (a) only runners who meet qualifying times; (b) anyone who pays an entry fee on time; (c) only athletes likely to win an overall or age-group award; (d) only members of official running clubs. 

2. What is the best way to win in a running event? (a) improve a PR; (b) beat somebody; (c) pick up a medal; (d) collect prize money.

3. How long are a 5K and a 10K? (a) 5000 and 10,000 meters; (b) 3.1 and 6.2 miles; (c) 12.5 and 25 laps on a standard 400-meter track; (d) all of the above.

4. Which of these runs qualifies as a “big day”? (a) longer-than-normal run; (b) faster-than-normal run; (c) any race; (d) all of the above.

5. How long is a “long run”? (a) a marathon training run; (b) anything beyond a mile; (c) longer in distance or time than you normally run; (d) farther than you care to go. 

6. Which of these is a way to improve your speed and to prepare for running faster? (a) intervals; (b) strides; (c) tempo runs; (d) all of the above.

7. Which is NOT how to prepare for a race? (a) hard training every day; (b) faster training runs at shorter than race distance; (c) training runs of race distance or longer at slower pace; (d) easy days that are neither long nor fast.

8. What is the runner’s second most important piece of equipment, after shoes? (a) shorts; (b) socks; (c) watch; (d) headphones.

9. Which is the best way to treat a running injury? (a) be tough and run through it; (b) substitute another activity that causes no pain; (c) wait it out inactively; (d) kill the pain with drugs.

10. When is running absolutely forbidden? (a) when you have a fever; (b) when you feel tired; (c) when your muscles feel stiff; (d) when you don’t have time.

11. What is the most efficient way to warm up? (a) take a hot shower before running; (b) rest and save your energy, then walk slowly to the starting line; (c) stretch before you run; (d) start slowly, then gradually increase the pace as you work out the kinks.

12. What should you do immediately after a run or race ends? (a) lie down; (b) sit down; (c) stand still; (d) walk to cool down before stretching or resting.

13. When is the best time to stretch? (a) after the run, to counter the tightening effects of running; (b) before running; (c) before and after; (d) anytime of day or night. 

14. Which of these cross-training activities most closely matches running’s benefits? (a) bicycling; (b) weight training; (c) basketball; (d) bowling.

15. Which is NOT a requirement of 5K training? (a) relaxed runs longer than 5K; (b) short intervals at maximum speed; (c) intervals and tempo runs at about 5K race pace but shorter distances; (d) easy and rest days. 

16. What is NOT a requirement of 10K training? (a) intervals on the track; (b) relaxed runs longer than 10K; (c) intervals and tempo runs at about 10K race pace but shorter distances; (d) easy and rest days.

17. How do you predict potential for a 10K race if you’ve never run one? (a) guesstimate; (b) plan to run it at your training pace; (c) multiply your recent 5K time by 2.1; (d) be surprised.

18. How do you ideally pace a race? (a) as fast as you can go for as far as you can go; (b) start fast, expecting to slow down later; (c) fast start, slow middle, fast finish; (d) even splits or slightly faster at the end.

19. What is a split? (a) exercise that you are too tight to perform; (b) segment of an interval-training session; (c) intermediate time during a run; (d) dropping out of a race.

20. When does the race end? (a) at the finish line; (b) after the cooldown period; (c) with your shower; (d) when you’re fully recovered.