Running In Different Temps.

Adam- Running in the cold is going to be harder because it is harder because you will get slower as you run because you re not use to running in cold weather. Most people do better running in the cold because it is cold and you are hot so it makes it better.

E-Experiment
Materials-
1. Stopwatch
2. Test runner (Quinn)
3. Place to run (track and gym)
4. Shoes
5. Shorts
6. Sweatshirt
7. Permission slip
8. People to track time (Redmon and Adam)
9. Tape Measure

Procedures-

Our first step of the experiment was for the test subject to run the hundred yard dash outside on the track. The weather/temperature of the time we ran outside was 39 degrees F, it was raining, and there was 14 mph winds. Then we have to measure the distance in the gym of 100 m. Once we measured the distance of 100 m inside the gym, we had the test subject run the distance. We timed all the tests and repeated each of the runs a second time. We then recorded the results in excel and created a graph to show our results (the graph in the observations section).

Variables-
Constant Variables- Things that runner is wearing/ Weather when you do second test in same place/distance the runner is running/where the runner is running when they do the run in same place/
Independent Variables- speed runner is running/speed wind is
Dependent Variables- the runners time
Control- we are comparing the first test to the second test, seeing which one was ran faster/ we compared the two places the runner ran to the average


O-Observation

Our observation was that running outside took less time by about two seconds. The traction outside was awful because we were not expecting rain and high winds on the day of our experiment. Cramping was not a problem for our test subject as he ran perfectly fine all four times. Our predictions were, for the most part, typically correct. The test subject ran faster by a little inside the gym than when he ran outside on the track, as our graph shows. The weather probably had a great factor on if our test subject could run faster/slower. When the thermometer reads 39 degrees and the winds are all the way up to 14 mph,then there is a chance that the weather definitely effects the runner.

Adam- The colder weather might be harder to run in because you get cold then your body is cold and slows down and when you are in the warm it is easier to run because your body is use to the temp. and helps you run. I think the rain made it harder to run because you can slip and it makes it colder