To do a pyramid, choose a place where you can run a lap of 100 or 200 metres.
Start by running 1 lap. If it's 100m, everyone should try to run their fastest. When you finish, line up in order. As soon as the last runner is finished, the first finisher goes again- and this time, runs two laps, or 200m. The trick is to try and run just as fast as on your first lap, but slowing down a little is also ok.
When everyone has done 200m, the first finisher takes off again, this time to run a fast three laps, or three hundred metres.
And that's a pyramid! You can see the shape:
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We also run double pyramids:
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Or diamonds:
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When the weather is cooler and we're really getting fit, you can imagine... double diamonds, triple pyramids...
These are very flexible and useful training tools. They get us ready to run fast when we are already tired, like at the end of a race.
More importantly, they are fun! Here are some pics of our K3 kids having fun with their own pyramid in their PE class on Thursday:
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