Running or Walking for Fitness will give students an overview of the basics of designing and implementing a personal running or walking fitness plan to achieve their specific goals. All ability levels are welcome, whether a student is hoping to complete a 5k or is an experienced runner looking to improve. The course will culminate with a timed 5k run/walk. May be repeated for up to three (3) credits.
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge or skills:
- Clearly articulate fitness/health goals and create a running/walking program to assist in attaining them
- Explain fundamentals of the physiology of energy production in the human body and nutrition for athletes
- Demonstrate techniques for injury prevention and treatment for common running injuries
- Design and sequence workouts for: aerobic endurance, muscular endurance, and speed
Institutional Outcomes
IO3 Human Relations/Workplace Skills: Students will be able to demonstrate teamwork, ethics, appropriate safety awareness and/or workplace specific skills.
Course Content Outline
- Athletic Goal Setting
- Types of running and walking (Nordic walking, hiking, speed walking, sprinting, middle distance, marathon, ultra-marathon, etc.)
- Physiology of energy production
- Fitness assessment and programming
- Training Journals
- Injury Prevention and treatment
- Nutrition
- Rest and recovery
- Health benefits of running/walking (physical and mental)
Department Guidelines
PO5 should be assessed: Students will be able to solve problems by gathering, interpreting, combining and/or applying information from multiple sources.