Pat Mooney

Profile

	Age:	55
	Height:	5-9
	Weight:	181 pounds
	Body Fat%:	34.7 Fair
	Flexibility:	24.3 cm 25th Percentile*
	Situps:	0 Very Poor
	Modified Pushups:	4 Poor
	Shuttle Run:	14.78 seconds 5th Percentile *
	Flexed Arm Hang:	0 seconds No Percentile rank*
	1-Mile Run:	13:51.22 15th Percentile*

Pat's letter:
I am a 55-year-old fifth grade teacher and five-year breast cancer survivor. I want to run the 5K at the Susan G. Komen Race in September and to meet the Presidential Fitness Challenge requirements f or 11 - year - olds (heck, maybe I could also meet the goals for a 55-year-old women while I’m at it).

I feel i f I can work toward these goals, I can inspire my students to become more active and meet them as well. This year I had only four students out of 26 accomplish this goal. I would like to increase this number next year.

We only have physical education classes once every four days and about a half -hour of recess each day. I hope to learn some games and activities tp teach my students so they can become more active and have fun, too. I want to learn ways to make exercise fun, so I’ll be sure to continue improving my fitness level beyond the end of the challenge.

I also want to learn how to improve my flexibility, endurance and basic fitness levels. I have never been athletic, but I don’t want to go into old age unable to keep up with my 4-year-old granddaughter. When I tried to run with the Landsharks (our student running program), I was afraid to run because I don’t know how to do it safely. I’m too young to feel old.

I have walked in the Komen Race. I would like to be up front with the “big girls” – survivors who can run the 5K. It’s important to me to show that I have regained my mobility and competence and that the cancer treatment didn’t cause me permanent limitations.

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