This week Dr. Scaff reminded us about the dangers of acetominophen. He then went on to speak on how our heart is our most important organ and how our body adjusts to keep it going. Keeping hydrated throughout our runs is vital. Should the very infrequent phenomenon of Post Race Collapse occur, lie down and sip a cola.
Staffers Nelson and Lorna were responsible for the great offerings of fruits and snacks and drinks. Mahalo for the goodies! Continue reading
This week Dr. Scaff continued on the topic of heat—balancing heat gain with heat loss. Heat gain is a natural occurrence of running and can be dissipated in four ways, one of which is evaporation. By acclimatizing ourselves to run in hot environments, we produce more sweat. Our light colored mesh running gear helps by wicking away the sweat and aiding the cooling process.
Storage room keys in New Zealand? No problem. With contingency plans already “drawn up”, Advanced Group leader Les Young went about table duty with a minimum of fuss. If there was any kind of major disaster, I would head straight for Les’ house. Continue reading
This week Dr. Scaff was hot: well at least his topic was all about heat. We begin our runs our body core temperature is 98.6. It increases to 100 or 101 degrees after we’ve warmed up. This happens to be the optimal temperature for smooth muscle functioning. Drinking 10 ounces of water every 20 minutes and sweating will keep us from overheating. During our run we’ve been running on fat calories. After our run, food and water will bring down our core temperatures faster, and we switch back to burning carbs and protein. Cool.
Annette, Annette and Don laid out a delicious “spread” of fruits and drinks for all of the “heated” finishing runners. Mahalo!! Continue reading
Dr. Scaff’s topic this week was a weighty one, in fact it was all about weight. Our heads are the most efficient carriers of weight, moving down our body to the legs and feet which are the most inefficient. Heavy legs are a literal drag on your running efficiency. It’s thought that the 2:05 [Beverly D. Major] marathon ceiling can be beaten if the elite runners could only lose the weight of their shoes. Shoe manufacturers know this and are producing ever more lightweight shoes. While you can’t change your genetically heavy limbs, everyone has the option of trimming pounds overall. From now until September is the time to lose weight. Each pound lost results in a minute faster marathon time.
*Bev, when you “woke up” after your 2:05 marathon, how many of the Kenyan runner’s had you beaten? …Blair
Over 140 runners participated in our Spring Picnic under “watchful” weather conditions. The weather forecasts predicted heavy rains and stormy conditions. But, we were blessed with only “some” rain under heavy cloud conditions; it produced uncomfortable humidity, but as mentioned, we were lucky to have no rain for most of the time. Thanks to everyone who attended and mucho mahalos to those who brought their delicious entrees for us to taste. Special thanks to Luanne and Norm for chairing the event. Also, thanks to Peter, Susan K., Alberto, Dwight, Val, Muriel, Bert, Tony, Maile, Narumi, Marilyn, Roger and many others who assisted with the set up, take down and clean up.
See Norm’s picnic pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nuyeda/ClinicPicnicMay2010