Stadium Mile

Austin, Me, Mandy (sister), Dad, Dan (brother), Gracie (niece), Sammy (nephew) at the Ogden Marathon. We did the relay together and finished 47th out of 117 teams. I think it was rigged...

Happy Wednesday! Sorry for the lack of posts in the last week....I was busy with...life. Anyway this one is just a short and sweet work-out. It's a really good one for running that gets your footwork down while conditioning. A stadium mile is usually done on a standard football stadium track. You run the curves and when you get to the stairs you go up and down. Continue this for the four laps.
    I like to change up what I do on each lap for the stairs. The first lap I just run straight up. The second lap I hop on the just right foot, run down, hop on just the left foot, run down, and hop on both feet. This really pushes your calves (ye be warned!). The third lap I like to "ski hop" up the stairs. To do this, you keep both feet together and start on the right side of the step. When you jump up, you will aim for the left side of the next step. You alternate sides with each step keeping your feet together looking like a skier, thus the "ski hop". For the last lap, I like to push myself and sprint up the stairs as fast as I can. It really makes you feel good when you finish!

Happy running to you!