The Kids Keep Surprising Me

Posted on March 7th, 2009 by Middalia

Once again I changed my running schedule up a little. I was supposed to run 10 but only ran 5 and walked 2. We went out to the new part of the trail again, we took the kids the long way this time. I was surprised by how much the kids wanted to run. My daughter ran for a total of 3 miles, in 1 mile intervals with some walk breaks in between. I thought she was only going to run 1, but each time I said I was going to run while they continued walking she said she wanted to come with. She kept an awesome pace. I was really surprised. She really enjoyed running with me and that it was easier for her to run when we ran together, because I was an encouragement. I love that! She wants to try doing a 5k race with me so I need to find a good one to do together.

My son ran over a mile with my husband, he was so cute, he kept saying, “I can do it, I can do it”. The funny thing is we were not pushing them, they kept asking to run instead of walking.

I did manage together in a couple extra miles of running while they played at the playground. The kids walked/ran over 4 miles today, I was both impressed and surprised. Best of all it was fun and we had a great time together.