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Cooper 12 minute run: Advantages: One advantage of the cooper 12 minute run is that it can be done in groups, this is a chance to also increase your social health as you can complete it with friends. Another advantage of the 12 minute cooper run is that it is cheap and very easy to set up and run. Disadvantages: The athlete will be required to pace themselves otherwise they could fatigue to soon leading to a below average score, this will take some practice. Motivation could also work against

Louie is a wise person, but can have his moments of messing up. At the age of 18, Louie enlisted in the army. As his life continued Louie went and fought against the Japanese, including once where the B-4 was shot down. The book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, describes Louie with the character traits determined and resilient. One of many character traits for Louie is determined. A statement from the text is “In the 5,000, well over three miles, a final lap in less than 70 seconds was astounding

Readers may wonder why would someone that has almost every OCR in three countries go and run “Your first mud run”. The reasons are, the event wasn’t that far away from Tuxedo NY and I didn’t mind starting the Spartan Sprint on Sunday a little later in the day, I wanted to write about an event/race that first time racers would want to try so they had something to read and know what they would be getting themselves into, and most important the event/race is put on purely to raise money for the amazing

This summer I attended the Metro Detroit Heart Walk benefitting the American Heart Association. It’s a walk or run race that started at Ford Field and span five kilometers throughout the streets of downtown Detroit preceded by a short informative event. I'd been asked to compete by my godmother Sandy, who works for a Henry Ford hospital, one of the event sponsors. I decided the run the race, even though I’m probably the least athletic person in the world. I wanted to challenge myself and make Sandy

As a young athlete, running had always been my least favorite activity. Unfortunately, every sport I played was dependent on that very act. Countless suicide runs and lay-up drills in basketball, and even more base runs in softball, served as a distraction from this mundane activity because at least I was running for a purpose. My brief time on the cross-country team demonstrated that while I may have excelled at sprinting, long-distance running was not my forte; and also materialized by my omnipresent

Elite SEM Case Study: Jack Rogers Shows MoM and YoY Increased Search Lift through Amplified Digital Video Assets Shoe manufacturer Jack Rogers was interested in introducing their brand to new markets, increasing their overall sales and their company’s profitability. They had a reasonable social media presence, but they had no outlet for customized digital video to be seen. They didn’t own a YouTube page, and they had no ability to amplify brand awareness through video content. The key strategic issue

Cross Country Meets I was a really good in 2nd and 3rd grade and one day I ran the mile. After that, my mom asked me if I wanted to do cross country and I said, “yes, I do!!!” So, today I am at a cross country meet in eighth grade and I am about to run a race. Also, in 7th grade I was always in front of Owen. “Eighth grade at the starting line” the announcer says. We all run to the starting line and I am wearing pants and even though it is cold out I am starting to get hot wearing my pants. “On

I started getting involved with running my senior year of high school. This was a very terrifying time in my life because I was running with people who have been doing this their whole life, which is quite intimidating when you’re new to the process. The reason why I gave running a chance was the constant begging from my younger and older sisters. They both ran and thought this was something I could potentially be marvelous at. I gave running a shot and ended up accomplishing my goal of being on

Everyone believes in different things. Some people believe in barbecue, some people believe in Shakespearean sonnets, and even some people believe in shrek. But me, I believe in running. It has benefited me more than I could have ever imagined, and shaped me into the person I am today. My brother was the one who introduced me to running. He was on the 2009 cross country state championship team. I decided to run track at my grade school, and during the offseason my brother was the person

I'm about to write about is Derek Redmond, he was a runner in the October 2011 summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. It was a warm summer day there and derek was getting ready to run the men's 400m race and then they pulled up to the line in there spots. He was shaking a little bit till it happens, the gun fired and the racer took off like a group of horses in a race jumping out of the gate. He was in first place they were at the back stretch about to cross the finish line till it happens. He heard