All summer we’ve been bringing you quick and easy lessons to develop a new skill or take on a project. Today in our Summer School series, we learn how to get off the couch and attempt a 5-K run.
Lindsay Simpson is the physical education consultant for the state Department of Education, and she also coaches the Thatcher Brook "Girls On The Run" program in Waterbury. She took up running in a community program as a kid, and says it’s been part of her life ever since.
We met Simpson earlier this summer at the annual "Girls On The Run" 5-K. Over ten weeks, she coached 20 school-age girls who weren’t runners to get ready for the three-mile race.
We asked Lindsay Simpson to apply her coaching advice to adults who want to give running a try.