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by Michele Batz, teacher
Build endurance.To run a kids' 5-K, work on your pacing. Practice running slowly for 10 minutes and then build upon that. By the end of 5 weeks, you'll be running for 30 minutes.
Push yourself, just a little.
Make sure to relax and have fun. When you feel like walking, really ask yourself, "Can you run just a little bit more?" Before you know it, you'll be finished with the race.
- Michele Batz
Kenneth Murphy Elementary Running Club in Beach Park, Illinois enjoy Running with the Angels 5-K Race in Lake Forest, Illinois on Sunday, May 16, 2004. The club had 22 runners complete the 5-K race (3.1 miles) and is under the direction of Michele Batz, Physical Education Teacher. Thank you to all the parents giving their children support at the race!
Bio- Michele Batz writes her own weekly fitness corner column which appears in eFitness.com , eDiets.com and the "The News Sun" in Waukegan, Illinois. She has been a physical educator for the past 25 years. Her book, What Is Holding You Back? A Woman's Guide to Beginning Fitness will be available this summer on www.amazon.com.
rwedit@rodale.com
