This week we will be focusing on Cardiovascular Endurance!
Cardiovascular endurance is the ability to exercise without becoming overly tired because your heart, lungs and blood vessels are healthy. Exercise examples include walking, jogging, cycling, dancing, running, and bike riding. Distance swimming is also a great cardiovascular endurance exercise.
The Columbia Fitness Test will measure cardiovascular endurance through an endurance run. Students will run a set distance determined by their age group.
Five, Six, and Seven Year Old Students: ¼ mile run.
Eight and Nine Year Old Students: ½ mile run.
Students 10 Years and older: 1 mile run.
A stopwatch will be used to measure how long the students take to run the distance for their age group. Students are encouraged to jog the whole time, if possible. Setting a steady pace is the key to success in the endurance run. That means start running or jogging at a comfortable speed and maintain that speed the whole time. If you start off too fast, you may get too tired to even finish your race!
Click on the video link to see some great tips on how to be a successful runner. Happy Running!