Running During the School Holidays

You have all set different goals to strive for in the St Albans School Cross Country.

Because term one finished late this year and the cross country is set for week 2 after the holidays you need to maintain and drive your training during the holidays.

I have been away already in Arrowtown, Queenstown and Cromwell and I managed to fit in some running while I was there. Thankfully I had fine weather and dry tracks to run on. The grounds are very wet in Christchurch and I suggest you find firm ground to train on.

By the end of the holidays you need to be able to run for 15-20 minutes at a good strong pace. If you are achieving this already try and increase your distance. Run, run, run

Training Ideas

• Organise to run with friends. 
• Ask Mum, Dad or someone older to bike next to you while you run
• Stimulate yourself and spark that motivation by researching and reading about John Walker, Rod Dixon and Allison Roe...
• Skipping is a great way to improve your fitness for running
• Organise some relays with friends and family. Competition encourages sprinting and it's good fun, gets the lungs working and it will help with that dramatic sprint finish on competition day.
• Go to a park and lay out a circuit. Old water bottles filled with sand make excellent markers and can help you layout a course.
• Map my run is a great site that allows you to map your run and help you to know the disatance that you have covered http://www.mapmyrun.com/nz/

Running Reviews

If you have ran an interesting route lately? Please write about it, edit it and share it by sending it to me - Mrs. Robertson. I can be found in Room 7 or you can e-mail me through dahl.robertson@stalbans.school.nz

Running the Godley Heads Track

 Godley Heads Running Review

A fine weekend morning is a great time to run the Godley Heads track. The Department of Conservation have poured a lot of energy into resurfacing the track since the main earthquakes caused damage to the area. This run offers the runner a refreshing and changing view, as well as varying gradients and declines. Take care on the steep declines because it can be easy to topple over and skinned knees are not very comfortable when you still have a couple of kilometres to run. Overall this run is a great challenge.

By; Mrs.Robertson