You are an Athlete

According to Webster, an athlete is "a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports or games requiring physical strength, agility or stamina".  Can you proudly claim the title of "athlete"?  Let's see...

Are you trained?  If you have been following this program from the beginning, you now have logged 84 runs in the past fourteen weeks.  Sticking to this regimen for three months, through wind, rain, snow, cold, darkness and even bugs, most definitely qualifies you as a trained runner.

Is running a sport?  Absolutely!  Anything you can win Olympic gold for is considered a sport, worldwide.  Running not only is a sport, it's the universal sport--see Running Around the World .

Does running require strength, agility or stamina?  On the topic of strength, now that you've logged a couple 50 minute runs, you know that strong legs are the main ingredient necessary to keep you going for that long.  Agility?  Sure!  Dodging bikers, jumping over snakes, hurdling rocks and downed tree limbs are all in a days work.  How about stamina?  Distance running defines stamina.  Back in week one, stamina didn't come into play, but now that an easy day is 30 minutes, you have stamina!

I hope you now agree that you are an athlete.  You may not be breaking ribbons, setting records, or be destined for gold, but as I've just shown,  you are an athlete in every sense of the word.

Assignment for the week ((for athletes only)

day 1 - run 35 minutes     day 4 - run 35 minutes
day 2 - run 45 minutes     day 5 - run 45 minutes
day 3 - run 55 minutes     day 6 - run 55 minutes

LACE UP and earn that title!