summer safety
summer safety
- Protecting Your Skin from the Sun
- Are You Beach-Ready? Get Essential Summer Safety Tips
- Water Wisdom
- 7 Hot Tips for Supple Summer Skin
- 5 Ways to Protect Your Eyes From the Sun
- Stay Healthy While Traveling
- Get Outside and Walk
- Heat Emergencies: Knowing the Symptoms and How to React
- 3 Pool Exercises That Won't Embarrass You
- Mosquito-Borne Illnesses: What They Are and How to Prevent Them
- Outdoor Food Safety: Don't Let Spoiled Dishes Ruin Your Barbecue
- Hot Weather and Exercise: How to Safely Sweat It Out in the Summer
- Lyme Disease: How to Avoid It and How to Spot It
Get Outside and Walk
- Weeks 1 through 3: same as for 2K event
- Week 4: walk one 30-minute session, on 5 days
- Week 5: walk two 20-minute sessions per day on Monday and Wednesday, one 30-min session on Tuesday and Thursday, skip Friday, and walk one 50-minute session on Saturday
- Week 6 (when Saturday is walkathon event day): Monday and Wednesday, walk one 30-minute session in morning and one 20-minute session in afternoon; Tuesday and Thursday, one 20-minute session; skip Friday; on Saturday, do full walkathon (50-60 minutes).
Granted, many women don't train for short walkathons. But, says Hoeger, "this will make your experience much more rewarding. And you'll probably end up walking much faster than you thought you would be able to."
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