April 29, 2014-Pond Run Relay

On April 29, we participated in the pond run relay with bean bags. In my group was Marcia, Karen and Simran. Whenever we do fitness in groups, I always want to be in a group with positive people who put all of their effort into the activity. For example, if you are in a group with people who slack off, it starts to rub off on you and then you end up not putting your full effort into the activity because you're surrounding yourself with these kinds of people. This explains why I always like to have Marcia in my group because she always puts all her effort into fitness days, just as I do.  Before starting Mr. Neufeld told us that the goal for this fitness was to run the whole entire lap, because after you run for the minute, you'll be able to get a resting break until its your turn to run again. Mr. Pederson also told us that if we run for the full lap around the pond and put our maximum effort into the lap, at the end we'll be out of breath and exhausted. Mr. Pederson was right because as I completed my laps without stopping to walk, my heart rate definitely increased and my breathing escalated. I'm glad that I was able to not stop once while I was running the lap because that was the main goal for this fitness day. While I was running I did notice that my pacing was pretty good  because I tried hard to make sure I didn't waste all of my energy in the very beginning of the lap. This was a little difficult to do because I wanted to run faster in the beginning since I had so much energy, however I knew this wouldn't be a good idea because then at the end I would be more tired and it would be much harder for me to complete the lap as I got closer to the finish. Near the end of the block when I was running my fifth lap, I was so tired  and I wanted to stop however it was the motivation in me that allowed me to persevere ten more seconds until I made it to the end. The expression on my team member's faces after they completed their lap showed me that they were working hard, and I also gained them more confidence by telling them what a fantastic job they were doing. Each person in my group did five laps but I think Marcia was able to do six laps as she was the first runner in our team.  If we do this pond run relay again I want to try to get six laps and I will achieve this by making sure my team does not slow down near the end and maybe even by increasing my speed while it is my turn to run. Here is a video of me running at the end of  my third lap: