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Running Issues: Running early in the morning or in the evening can be a very beneficial to your mental and physical health. Often I run after a stressful day or just as a way to began my day. Treadmills are boring and give the body little to no challenges. Due to the changing condition of the streets, wind and whether your body receives a better overall workout from street running. It's recommended to run on asphalt which is a softer surface then concert sidewalks. Running early in the morning and late at night can be dangerous, numerous obstacles like trucks, taxi cabs, bicyclist and pedestrians can be an issue if not seen clearly on dimly lighted streets.
Idea:To make the runner stand out from his or her dimly light surrounding, I will attach brightly lit LED to running shoes.
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Signing UpStep 1Materials Needed
1) Running Shoes
K-Mart but can be any kind
$14.99
2) Heat Shrink Tubes / can substitute for Electrical Tape
Radio Shack
$3.29
3) Two 9 volt batteries
Anywhere
$5.99
4) 9 volt battery snaps or connectors
Radio Shack
$2.99
5) Solder (can sometimes fin in 99 cent store)
Radio Shack
$4.99
6) Soldering Gun
99 cents store
.99
7) Scissors
99 cents store
.99
8) Hot Glue Gun
99 cents store
.99
9) Glue Sticks
99 cents store
.99
10) Flex L.E.D Water Proof Strip Lights 1 foot length
Lighting in NY
$18.00 Per Foot
(I bought my strip L.E.D’s in New York City where I live but Amazon is a good alternative source, search for flex L.E.D water proof strip lights.)
11) Excel Knife
(any brand will do) Art Store
$2.00
12) Lighter (substitute for a heat gun )
99 cents store
.99
Total: 57.25
Cost Issues: To cut cost, you can modify existing running sneakers and use electrical tape instead of shrink tubes. Shrink tubes are used to protect the wire and wire connection from the outside elements - electrical tape will do the same. Feel free to modify the list above with anything you may have laying around the your home.
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im definitely making this for the Denver rave!