Heart Healthy Running

Congratulations--you've made it to week six of the program!  The workout for this week is the following:

day 1:  run 20 minutes            day 4:  run 20 minutes
day 2:  run 25 minutes            day 5:  run 25 minutes
day 3:  run 30 minutes            day 6:  run 30 minutes

If you complete the plan this week you'll have hit a VERY important milestone.  The American Heart Association recommends 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week for optimum health.  If you check the numbers, with the addition of the two 30 minute runs, we've finally made it to 150.  Excellent!  You've come a long way from those 10 minute runs that you started out with and should be proud of what you've accomplished.

You're not going to believe this.  The American Heart Association estimates that for each hour that you exercise you gain about 2 hours of additional life expectancy.  That's quite a return on your investment.  With this week alone, you'll have added 5 more hours onto your life--that's impressive.

There's more good news.  Besides prolonging life, exercise:
     -reduces coronary heart disease in women by 30-40 percent
     -reduces risk of stroke by 20 percent
     -improves blood circulation
     -prevents bone loss
     -boosts levels of good cholesterol
     -lowers blood pressure

If that doesn't make you want to get out and run, I don't know what will.  Add years to your life and life to your years--LACE UP!