Blog 23:2014 Interview

Content:

1.  Who did you interview and what house are they in?

Nisa Legaspino South House

2.  What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

They had physical therapy as one idea because she had an interest in it during freshman year. She was also considering sex ed. She was leaning toward the aspect of how our school teaches it compared to other schools. She would also like looking into weather or not sex ed works, and helps prevent teen pregnancy. Her last idea was books. She said this was her favorite of all the ideas because she enjoys reading, but she doesnt think shell be able to find mentorship. She would want to study what makes a book and award winning novel.

3.  What do you plan to do for your summer 10 hour mentorship experience?

As for the book idea, she doesnt really have an idea of where she can mentor at, but for the medical ones she can work with her mother to find some a hospital to mentorship at.

4.  What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-hour presentations?

Since she has a brother who used to attended ipoly she remembered a few things from watching his. One thing shes looking forward to is the activities to see how they connect to their projects. Shes hoping they're fun and engaging so they bring both grades together.

5.  What questions do you have that I can answer about senior year or senior project (or what additional information did you tell them about senior year or senior project)

She asked for a general explanation of what senior year is.

I told her you begin over summer with your mentorship, this gives you an idea of what your year will look like. You get to test the waters and see whether or not you actually like the topic & your mentorship place. Once the year begins the teachers set you up to start your EQ and you do lots of your research in class. You hardly ever have to do more work outside of what is assigned. As the year goes on everything starts to pull together and everything that you did sets you up for your two hour. As long as you do all your assignments on time and correctly you should be okay. Personally im not stressing out, and i feel comfortable about my 2 hour, which is the first day. So just stay on top of your stuff and you should be fine. Hopefully stress free.

Blog 17: Fourth Interview Question

1. What is key to completing a marathon as an intermediate runner?
2. What are the different runner levels? (beginner, intermediate)
3. What is the average time span someone should train for a marathon?
4. What are some ways to mentally prepare?
5. What kind of goals should you set for yourself?
6. Do you suggest going by Galloways training plan, or Greg McMillen? (Famous marathon trainers)
7. What are your thoughts on the run walk method?
8. What is the most effect type of training in a short period of time?
9. Do you feel aesthetic such as clothing are important for race day? 
10. During training months are there any specific dietary restrictions? Ones that may effect your progress?
11. How much recovery time is needed during training?
12. How much recovery time should you take between races?
13. What kind of milage should a runner do the week before to keep from straining themselves?
14. During training, what are some ways to prevent yourself from hitting the wall during a race?
15. How can you avoid the wall during a race?
16. What are some pacing tips?
17. How important is pacing though a race?
18. Do you think stretching is important for long distance?
19. Can you recommend any stretches?
20. If you train to barefoot run do you think its is okay to do such long distances with out shoes?

Blog 12: Interview 3 Questions

What is key to completing a marathon?
1. What would you say is the most important thing to do while preparing for a marathon?
2. What is the ideal diet while training for a marathon?
3. What is the best choice for meals on race day, pre and post race?
4. What is the most effective training technique between long milage, short milage, cross training, and toning such as sprints?
5. What is the best warm up/ cool down on race day?
6. What is the "proper" running form?
7. Is there a difference in training for men and women?
8. What are common signs for injuries, and how can you prevent them?
9. How can a runner become mentally prepared for a long distance race?
10. Why is running barefoot becoming popular?

Blog 6: Second Interview Questions

The purpose of the second interview is justify your mentor as an expert in the field.  Thus, you will be asking at least 5 questions about their background and/or the background of the organization or company where they work.


I) How did you end up at Run With Us? What attracted you to it?
II) What is the sole purpose of the Run With Us specialty store?
III) How does this environment differ from a different sports store? Why should runners come here for their running needs?
IV) What did you learn when you first began working here, that you didn't know before? Such as shoe fitting and the effects of a proper fit.
V) What have you personally accomplished as a runner? And what kind of runner would you label yourself as?
VI) What techniques do you use for training others that you use on yourself?

Blog 3: Interview Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  Why?
I plan on interviewing Sylvia Mosqueda for my first interview because she is an experienced runner. She has a marathon time of 2:33:10, half marathon time of 1:09:52, and she also holds the 12k american record of 38:38 from 1988. Along with this accomplishments Sylvia Mosqueda was the first American in the 2003 Vllamoura World Half Marathon, and 10th overall. Since she has accomplished so much as a runner, I feel she will be able to give me good information on how to train and reach my running goals. Sylvia also has her own training program where he helps out runners of all levels.

2.  You have to ask 5 questions.  What additional questions do you plan to ask?
How did you feel when you ran your first marathon?
What do you suggest I do for my first marathon? Any tips for finishing with out dying?
Do elite athletes hit the wall?
What is the most important part of training for a marathon?
Do you have any stretching tips?