as seen in the Cardston newspaper this week . . . . . .
Your Life, Your Health
Submitted by: Rebecca Lewis-Russell
The 1200 Mile Club
As of January 1st you may be seeing a few more people out on the streets of Cardston running. Our local triathlete, Cardston Kid’s Marathon founder and super-mum, Patricia Beazer, is challenging us to run or walk 1200 miles next year. Already more than 20 of us are taking up that challenge. It means running about 5km a day six times a week. You don’t have to run six times if you run further on other days but the idea is to get yourself into the habit by going as many times a week as possible.
Even if you don’t think you can run 5k you can still start by running less, walking more and then increasing your distances as the year goes by and you feel ready. You can also do your miles on the treadmill or elliptical walker which is great because let’s face it, who wants to run every day when it’s minus 20 or with an injury?( I love the elliptical walker now. I tried it out with earlier this year when I had a knee issue and found I could go for ages on it without pain in my knee or back and still got a rigorous cardio workout.
It’s not as taxing as running so it can’t really be used for a substitute in training for a race but it does give you more of an upper body workout than regular running does.) Anyway, back to the 1200 mile club. All you need to do to get involved is to check out 1200mileclub.blogspot.com
Even if you don’t think you can run 5k you can still start by running less, walking more and then increasing your distances as the year goes by and you feel ready. You can also do your miles on the treadmill or elliptical walker which is great because let’s face it, who wants to run every day when it’s minus 20 or with an injury?( I love the elliptical walker now. I tried it out with earlier this year when I had a knee issue and found I could go for ages on it without pain in my knee or back and still got a rigorous cardio workout.
It’s not as taxing as running so it can’t really be used for a substitute in training for a race but it does give you more of an upper body workout than regular running does.) Anyway, back to the 1200 mile club. All you need to do to get involved is to check out 1200mileclub.blogspot.com
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