 Tuesday,
March 16, 2010
(Day 9)
Today's Distance:
16 Miles
Please go to
Paul's P.A.C.E. Blog to read about today's happenings
in Germany during P.A.C.E. Trek 2010. Also, be sure to take a few
minutes to view Paul's
videos
and
pictures!
 Learn
Something Today About Germany...
Today was a 16-mile run to Schweinfurt, a
city of about 55,000 people in the Lower Franconia region of Bavaria.
Schweinfurt is a city that has been rebuilt many times throughout
history. Around 1250 Schweinfurt was totally destroyed during a feud
between the Earl of Henneberg and the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, only to
be reconstructed in the years that followed. Schweinfurt was again
destroyed in the course of the Margravian War, in 1554 – and rebuilt
again. Then, in 1939 Schweinfurt produced most of the Nazi Germany
ball-bearings, and factories such as the Schweinfurter Kugellagerwerke
became a target of Allied strategic bombing during World War II in an
effort to cripple tank and aircraft production. Schweinfurt was bombed
22 times during "Operation Pointblank" by a total of 2,285 aircraft.
Bombing also included the "Second Raid on Schweinfurt" on October 14,
1943, ("Black Thursday") and "Big Week" in February, 1944. Losses of
production bearings and machinery were high and much of the industrial
and residential areas of the city were destroyed. More than a thousand
civilians were killed. After the war, Schweinfurt became a stronghold of
U.S. military and their dependents. Even today a large number of U.S.
military are still stationed in Schweinfurt. In 1998, German and
American veterans and survivors of the bombing raids came together to
erect a war memorial to the fallen.
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 Learn
Something Today About Health & Fitness...
I, Paul, don't like to spout off a bunch of
statistics as a way to try and motivate people toward fitness. My focus
through P.A.C.E. is not to “combat childhood obesity”. My focus is to
inspire, educate and motivate children toward greater health and
fitness… and to encourage kids to set personal goals and reach for their
dreams. With that said, I do believe that it's important for both
children and adults to understand some of the statistics surrounding
youth fitness, such as:
About 33% of American children are classified as overweight or obese.
Overweight children have a 70% chance of becoming overweight or obese
adults.
Children who have obese parents are twice as likely to become obese
adults, regardless of their childhood weight.
Children from lower income families are at a higher risk for becoming
overweight or obese.
90% of parents believe their kids are physically fit, while statistics
show that only one in 3 actually meets the criteria.
The average American kid gets less than 15 minutes of intentional
exercise each day.
American kids, on average, spend about 20% of their time watching
television and drink 20 ounces of soda per day.
In a typical American gym class, less than 30% of class time is devoted
to actual physical activity.
Half of school-aged children aren’t required to take physical education
classes. In fact, only 36% report having daily PE classes, while another
36% is offered PE twice a week or less.
As kids get older, they’re less likely to work out – especially girls.
Boys, on average, exercise about 3% less each year, while girls lower
their workout rates by almost 8% each year.
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 Learn
Some Of The German Language...
"Bread"
– das Brot
│ "Honey"
– der Honig
│ "Yogurt"
– der Joghurt
│ "Cheese"
– der Käse
│ "Milk"
– die Milch
│ "Orange
Juice"
– der Orangensaft
│ "Pasta"
– die Nudeln
│ "Apple
Pie"
– der Apfelkuchen
│ "Ice
Cream"
– das Eis
│ "Chocolate
Cake"
– die Schokoladentorte
│ "Juice"
– der Saft
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 Did
You Know?
On average, people need around 2,000
calories of energy food a day. On average, people in the United States
eat 3,200 calories in a day. In Ethiopia, they survive on less than 500
calories a day. Yesterday's "Did You Know" talked about carbohydrates
and fats. However, you should know that protein is also important to the
body. Protein provides the body with essential amino acids – which make
and repair cells. The body needs 20 amino acids to build into protein.
The body can make 12 of these, but the other 8 must be obtained from
protein in food. Protein in fish and meat has all the amino acids the
body needs. Fruit and vegetables have only some of them, which is why
vegetarians must choose the right mixture. Beans and nuts are the most
protein-rich foods. ______________________________________________________________________________
 Join
The P.A.C.E. Fitness Foundation Facebook Group...
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join the free Facebook group of The
P.A.C.E. Fitness Foundation to keep up with future happenings with
P.A.C.E. and Paul Staso.
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