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Apr 26, 2025
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2022-2023 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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FAW 106F2 - Individual Fitness: Running 1 Credits, 2 Contact Hours 0 lecture periods 2 lab periods
Cardiovascular conditioning through running and walk/run workouts intended for the beginning and intermediate runner. Includes an introduction to running, personal safety and preparation, components of training, the distances, and designing your training program.
Information: May be taken two times for a maximum of two credit hours. If this course is repeated, see a financial aid or Veteran’s Affairs advisor to determine funding eligibility as appropriate. This course is suitable for students who wish to run a few miles a week to those training for distances up to a marathon.

Course Learning Outcomes
- Apply the concepts of training by designing a goal-based personal running program.
- Demonstrate an improvement in cardiovascular endurance, strength and/or flexibility.
- Demonstrate the ability to adhere to an exercise program.
Outline:
- Introduction – Why Run?
- Fitness benefits
- Running for fun and running to compete
- Introduction to training terms
- Equipment: finding the right shoe
- Keeping a running journal
- Personal Safety and Preparation
- Assessing health risks
- Principles and safety considerations of warming up and cooling down
- Hydration
- Cold and hot weather running
- Nutrition
- Over-training and injury
- Components of Training
- Distance and endurance
- Pace and speed
- Strength
- Flexibility
- Cross training
- Zone training
- Heart rate monitor vs. Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE)
- The Distances
- The 5K
- The 10K
- The half marathon
- The marathon
- Designing Your Training Program
- Base building
- Hard and easy method
- Introducing speed
- Hills
- Race preparation
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