Welcome to week three of our training season! In addition to posting information about our runs here, we also post the events and updated information on our facebook page, www.facebook.com/runhers and Twitter at www.twitter.com/runHers.
runHers member, Christina Eckert talks about running, weather and being an inspiration:
This is the time when most of us are getting back into our running routine after the holidays. This week those training for the half marathon are running or walking 6 miles for their long run. We will meet at Louie’s at Lake Hefner at 7 am on Saturday. For those running the full marathon in Oklahoma City you’ll be running 8-9 miles this week. We are also meeting Saturday at Louie’s at 7 am for our long run. Always check the runHers website for any updates about our long runs. You can also find the entire training schedule at the website.
Remember this time of year the weather is unpredictable. Last Saturday we ran in dense fog and chilly rain. Right now the forecast for this
weekend shows its going to be about 39 degrees and windy! Its hard sometimes to know how to dress this time of year and being too hot or
too cold for a ten mile run can make you feel miserable. So you’ll probably want to dress in layers for many of these first long runs. It
may be cold at the start of the run, but after about a mile, your body feels like its 20 degrees warmer. If you like to run in cotton remember
it can also feel chilly if you perspire. High-tech polyester pulls moisture away from your skin, which may keep you from getting clammy and
cold on a cooler day. Also with the wind, you may want a light jacket or windbreaker to layer on top. Runner’s World has a neat feature on
their site that helps you decide what to wear if you have any questions. You can view this on the Runners’ World website, What to Wear. Also feel free to get a hold of me with any questions you have about clothes (or anything else) this training season!
By starting on this running/walking journey, you are all inspirations! To your family, your friends, and to all of us in runHers. A recent
study by the National Heart Institute found a startling discovery: “Happiness is contagious, as are other good behaviors like quitting
smoking and staying thin. These and their opposites—obesity, depression, and cigarettes with coffee—appear to spread between people as if they were viruses; groups of friends “infect” one another with good or bad habits. The science underlying the mechanisms by which the researchers arrived at their findings is detailed in the July 2007 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, but it was The New York Times that recently drew what might be the boldest conclusion from the results, reporting, “Staying healthy isn’t just a matter of your genes and your diet—good health is also a product, in part, of your sheer proximity to other healthy people.”
Have fun this training season and remember runHers is for life!
Christina Eckert
