Comments on: First Steps http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/08/23/first-steps/ Runner's Information & Advice Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:50:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Complete Running Network » Blog Archive » Engineering Your Weight Loss http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/08/23/first-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-2723 The Complete Running Network » Blog Archive » Engineering Your Weight Loss Thu, 31 Aug 2006 03:30:42 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/08/23/first-steps/#comment-2723 [...] So, last week we were talking about teaching the boy to run. This week, I’d like to take a stroll down memory lane… [...] [...] So, last week we were talking about teaching the boy to run. This week, I’d like to take a stroll down memory lane… [...]

]]> By: Dawn - Pink Chick http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/08/23/first-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-2635 Dawn - Pink Chick Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:02:40 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/08/23/first-steps/#comment-2635 I started running with my grand daughter when she was just shy of 3. She saw me running all the time and wanted to come along. We made it fun and even did hills. Crazy kid loves hills. She's 5 now and has done 3 kids marathons and 2 5km races. Her 5km PR is 43minutes and her 1 mile time is 7:30. She still loves to run and I hope she loves it forever. I started running with my grand daughter when she was just shy of 3. She saw me running all the time and wanted to come along. We made it fun and even did hills. Crazy kid loves hills.

She’s 5 now and has done 3 kids marathons and 2 5km races. Her 5km PR is 43minutes and her 1 mile time is 7:30. She still loves to run and I hope she loves it forever.

]]> By: Steve Sherlock http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/08/23/first-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-2604 Steve Sherlock Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:11:29 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/08/23/first-steps/#comment-2604 funny but along a similar train of thought I was thinking of working out a song to a running cadence. old time chain gangs, sailors, and other laborers had work songs to help pass the time and to help keep the cadence of the work going. running also has a pace and the talk pace for running would be a good one to develop a cadence for. The iPod shuffle could be the background music (no lyrics) and you could fill in the words, sorta rapping as you ran... funny but along a similar train of thought I was thinking of working out a song to a running cadence. old time chain gangs, sailors, and other laborers had work songs to help pass the time and to help keep the cadence of the work going.

running also has a pace and the talk pace for running would be a good one to develop a cadence for. The iPod shuffle could be the background music (no lyrics) and you could fill in the words, sorta rapping as you ran…

]]> By: warren http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/08/23/first-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-2596 warren Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:18:40 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/08/23/first-steps/#comment-2596 I can still remember, one summer, dad would bring the kids to play tennis every day. I'd start off against my sister, while dad ran laps around the track beside the tennis courts. One day, I decided that I would run, too. On the first day, I ran one lap, and was done. On the second day, I ran two laps, and was done. On the third day, I ran thirteen laps before it was time to play tennis. So yeah, it takes time for it to "click". Once you get it, though, you never forget it. I can still remember, one summer, dad would bring the kids to play tennis every day. I’d start off against my sister, while dad ran laps around the track beside the tennis courts. One day, I decided that I would run, too. On the first day, I ran one lap, and was done. On the second day, I ran two laps, and was done. On the third day, I ran thirteen laps before it was time to play tennis.

So yeah, it takes time for it to “click”. Once you get it, though, you never forget it.

]]> By: Running takes practice « Run to Win » http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/08/23/first-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-2587 Running takes practice « Run to Win » Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:36:16 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/08/23/first-steps/#comment-2587 [...] Over at Complete Running, Jank wrote an article about teaching his six year old to run by jogging to the end of the block and back. We’re set up, physiologically, to sprint. The whole “Fight-or-Flight” response, and that instinct, is what’s honed in us for most of our lives […] Which is when it hit me—people do need to be taught how to run. As silly as that sounds, there is some level of skill involved—regulating pace, regulating breathing, etc. For a lot of us, being stubborn and working through pain is enough to learn those skills. But for others (and looking back, I’m in this category), rhythm, pace, and breathing don’t come naturally at all. [...] [...] Over at Complete Running, Jank wrote an article about teaching his six year old to run by jogging to the end of the block and back. We’re set up, physiologically, to sprint. The whole “Fight-or-Flight” response, and that instinct, is what’s honed in us for most of our lives […] Which is when it hit me—people do need to be taught how to run. As silly as that sounds, there is some level of skill involved—regulating pace, regulating breathing, etc. For a lot of us, being stubborn and working through pain is enough to learn those skills. But for others (and looking back, I’m in this category), rhythm, pace, and breathing don’t come naturally at all. [...]

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