User:Codyjones

=Freshman Seminar=

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic

run to the top of oyster dome in vibram fivefingers
 * Research Component

i will research the history of barefoot running, the benefits, why normal running shoes can cause injury vs running barefoot, types of barefoot running shoes.
 * week 1

compile list of resources i will use, run at least 5 miles this week
 * week 2

read Born To Run, find an upcoming half marathon and look into registration, run at least 6 miles
 * week 3

go to some barefoot running sites, such as Birthday Shoes!!!
 * week 4

research leg mechanics when running barefoot compared to running in running shoes, need to run 4 times this week,( 4-5 miles per run one run being 6-7 miles)
 * week 5

run some more (4 times at 5 miles per time with one run being 8-9 miles)
 * week 6

go to fairhaven runners to see what they have to say about running in fivefingers, run 4 times this week at 6 miles per run, one run being 10-11 miles)
 * week 7

research nutrition for running, and how food affects the body while running, run 4 times this week 6 miles per run, one run being 12 miles)
 * week 8

week of ascent, get mentally prepared

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
Schubert Sonata is a sculpture by Mark di Suervo in the Olympic sculpture park in seattle. The sculpture was done in the honor of composers. it was on display in front of Benaroya Hall, home of the Seattle Symphony. It is a combination of painted steel and raw steel. It measures 22x10 feet, its relation to the area is that it blows in the wind and gently changes direction just as a fish in a current would do in the sound. at first i disliked this sculpture due to the fact that it is really confusing looking, and at the same time it didnt really look like a fish to me. Then i went into the research of how it was created and why the artist went through the troubles of making this sculpture. He mentioned how when you are welding metal, the light of the welder is extremely intense, and that the creation of the sculpture is happening while that light exists. Also and that once the light ceases to exist, creation ceases to exist, and that really made me appreciate the sculpture due to the fact that i have done artistic welding. After i took the time to research that sculpture and his reasoning for the creation of it, i started to semi like it, and that is as far as i have gotten in my quest to liking the sculpture Schubert Sonata.

Midterm Assignment 3: Always Wanted To Progress Report (100 words or so)
so far i have been running regularly, it is awesome to run almost barefoot. i have looked into foot mechanics lightly, and seen how we run differently in shoes versus barefoot. i have gotten in better shape. i found a medical journal on the internet? there seems to be a lot of support these days for barefoot running, i feel like it is going to be the next "cool" thing in running. i have trouble trying to comprise all of this information in a presentable fashion worthy of showing to the class.

Final Presentation

 * Topic (10%)

how barefooting (fivefingers) has changed my view of footwear and the use of running shoes
 * Research (20%)


 * 1) Internet site:http://www.birthdayshoes.com/, http://www.livingbarefoot.info/
 * 2) Book: born to run
 * 3) Scholarly Journal:http://www.sportsci.org/jour/0103/mw.htm
 * 4) Other (interview, TV show,etc):Fairhaven running employees


 * Your accomplishment (20%)

i have achieved my goal, although it was painful and hard to stay motivated
 * Project Review (50%)
 * 1)What went well: running felt great, strengthened my feet, legs and mind
 * 2)What went poorly: staying on track regardless of how i was feeling, weather
 * 3)Future strategies: being motivated and mentally in the game at all times regardless of how i feel in the moment