Proposal

My 20% Time Project is going to be training for a 10k run.

   My final goal is to be able to run a 10k in an hour (or less).

How to be successful:

I need to research healthy diets and drink plenty of water in order to be successful in this project. To avoid injury, “stitches”, and bad breathing, I will research breathing techniques, pre-running diets, and important stretches.

What will be easy about this project?

The easy part about this project will be logging my performance and progress. I will need to keep track of my daily diet and have to keep a calendar of the days I run and if I was struggling, beat my time, ran more or less. I will also need to record injuries and preventative measures, such as stretches.

What will be difficult about this project?

The most difficult parts of this project are the physical and mental parts. Running is strenuous on the legs and I do not want to give up because I mentally discourage myself. Another difficulty is when the weather gets colder and it starts to snow. I would not want that to lessen my motivation.

Will most of this project be in class or outside of class?  If outside, what will I do during the class 20 Time?

Most of this project will be outside of the classroom. I will be running outside, which is the highlight of my project. During class, I will keep a log of my progress and research diets and stretches to maintain good health.