I've already seen big improvements just over the two-three months that I have been attending so far. The most obvious is my stamina. During the first run, I had to stop and walk every few minutes, but now I can easily run for longer without stopping. It's not a massive difference, but I definitely notice it. Honestly, I'm a bit worried that it will be difficult to keep this up during the month or two that I don't attend the club.
I can't wait to start going again.
Learning outcomes:
(1) As I attend running club with a group of around 10 other people (not all come each week though), I am able to see that we all have our own strengths and skills. On top of this, we all have indivisual areas to improve. Although I also notice other peoples mistakes, I also manage to identify what I am doing wrong in comparison to them. At the start of the club, I was running much quicker than the others, but I also had to stop much more often. This made me realise that if I slowed down to their pace, I would have to stop less often and it worked!
(2) Although running club didn't present as big of a challenge as I anticipated, it was unusual for me to run long distances after doing athletics for most of my life, which consists of much shorter runs. Long distance running is something completely different for me and I enjoy seeing my own progress over time
(4) I attend running club every Monday after school (best way to end the worst day of the week) without fault. The only times I would descide not to go is if it was raining very heavily or if there was a blizzard (however unlikely the latter is here in Germany)
(5) When joining running club, I did not anticipate that there would be anything that would involve working collaboratively. In the past, running was something I always did individually. Now that I have been attending for a few months, I see the benefits of having others to run with.
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