Running is an excellent way to get outdoors and exercise. Add a few friends to your workout and your routine runs can become more entertaining and challenging. Group participation can enhance motivation as well as push you to keep up with the pack. Create a more diverse workout when you run with others by incorporating interactive running exercises.
Relay Runs
The traditional relay run can be set up in various ways. If you are in a park or area with a loop, the group can form teams and have each individual run the loop before tagging the next team member to run the same loop. The teams can compete to finish first. Other relay options can include dispersing team members along the running route and every person runs a different leg of the overall route. This is particularly useful for long runs such as marathons where you work together as a team to complete the smaller portions with numerous people.
Suicide Runs
Suicide runs are intense sprinting drills. They require setting multiple markers progressively farther than the prior and you run to each marker and return back to the start before proceeding to the next marker and so on until you've completed all the markers and returned back to the starting line. A set of these runs may vary depending on how far and how many markers have been placed. When working out with others, you can divide the group into two. The first group will do the suicide runs first, then rest and recoup while the second group takes its turn to run. Repeat this cycle several times so each group rests briefly while the other group is running. This prohibits you from taking extended breaks and keeps the groups going constantly.
Delay Runs
In order to push the pace and competitive nature of the group, delay runs can be used. A long or short course needs to be set with a finish line. The first runner begins and the second runner refrains from starting until a certain delay period passes. The goal is for the second runner to try to catch the first runner before the finish line. The first runner is pressured to keep a fast pace, while the second runner must press forward as hard as possible to catch him. This makes it challenging and very competitive for both runners.
Relay Runs
The traditional relay run can be set up in various ways. If you are in a park or area with a loop, the group can form teams and have each individual run the loop before tagging the next team member to run the same loop. The teams can compete to finish first. Other relay options can include dispersing team members along the running route and every person runs a different leg of the overall route. This is particularly useful for long runs such as marathons where you work together as a team to complete the smaller portions with numerous people.
Suicide Runs
Suicide runs are intense sprinting drills. They require setting multiple markers progressively farther than the prior and you run to each marker and return back to the start before proceeding to the next marker and so on until you've completed all the markers and returned back to the starting line. A set of these runs may vary depending on how far and how many markers have been placed. When working out with others, you can divide the group into two. The first group will do the suicide runs first, then rest and recoup while the second group takes its turn to run. Repeat this cycle several times so each group rests briefly while the other group is running. This prohibits you from taking extended breaks and keeps the groups going constantly.
Delay Runs
In order to push the pace and competitive nature of the group, delay runs can be used. A long or short course needs to be set with a finish line. The first runner begins and the second runner refrains from starting until a certain delay period passes. The goal is for the second runner to try to catch the first runner before the finish line. The first runner is pressured to keep a fast pace, while the second runner must press forward as hard as possible to catch him. This makes it challenging and very competitive for both runners.
