I have been running with my son about 3 times a week. He is nine and the idea just came up on day for him to go with me on my nightly run. He agreed, got dressed up and off we went. The idea was to run from our house to Safeway, which is about a mile north of where we live. Once we got there, he kept saying, "I want to challenge myself" and would keep adding a little more to our "challenge" each time. By the end of the night we had completed 5 miles and this is the picture I shot of him as he announces his night's total.
Surprisingly, he did not feel any discomfort the next morning and from that day on he did my 4-5 mile weekday runs with me. What took me 2 months to accomplish back when I began running, took him one day. YOUTH! I'm not sure how long this new habit of his might last, but all I know is that I am very much enjoying seeing a different side of my little one. At home, what I most often see is him bothering his sister, or moody because he's unable to have any 'screen time' and feeling "bored"! These runs have been so special to me. I do hope they continue for many more weeks, and even years.
