Every Monday, starting last Monday, for the next few Mondays is race day! And I for one am all in favor. The boys have joined the Landsharks Running Club. It's so cute. It's a little cross country team for elementary kids. They practice weekly and have a weekly meet. They run against all the other local elementary schools. But it's not about coming in first place, it's about beating your own personal time each week. "Every runner is a winner". Now that's a motto I can whole heartily endorse! Henry runs a full mile and George runs 1/2 a mile. They did great last week. Henry did it in about ten minutes. I was so excited as George was crossing the finish line, that I forgot to even notice, but he was fast! Anyway, after Henry finished I was telling him what a great job he did, and how fast he was. I said, "Henry, you did that whole thing in only ten minutes!". He replied back, "Ten minutes? Man, it felt like an hour?" I can relate completely to that feeling. Anyway, I'm by far the most excited person about this whole experience. I try VERY hard to not live vicariously through my children. Just let them be who they are and try to stay out of it. But running seems to fall in a completely different way less logical part of my brain, and I want them to love it so much! And by the way, I'm totally jealous that they are running cross country. It remains the one part of my high school experience that I just wish I could go back and re-do. Why didn't I run then?! Anyway, they are loving it and I couldn't be more pleased!! We're off to the race...
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Henry and I run the mile in the same amount of time...fancy that.
There is no way that I could run a mile in 10 minutes right now. Way to go Henry!
I really don't think I ever broke the 10 minute mile. Even when I actually tried.
And way to think ahead! You are totally going to have built in runnng partners in the family.
woops! That last comment is from me Sara. (although I am sure Ray feels the same way) :)
I remember how much I totally dreaded running a mile in high school p.e. I do think I took much longer than ten minutes to do it. His actual time last week was 10:28. But this week it was 10:02. He's all excited. He thinks next week he'll be under 10. And I do hope to have running partners as they get older!
that is SO AWESOME!! they are adorable! i don't think i ran a whole mile until middle school PE and yes, it was always traumatic. it'll be so nice for them when they get to PE and will have already been running for years.
i would love to come watch one of their meets! how long does their "season" go?
The season is breif, which is also wise I think. Next Monday might be the last one already! But we will have a spring track season that we will do as well. It is really fun to watch though. Seriously, I rarely get so giddy and excited as I do watching my boys run fast.
That is so much fun! Way to go Henry and George. We are trying to get our kids excited to do a 5K with us in November. So far they have agreed to participate only if we push them in the stroller.
5K is far for kids. I might request a stroller ride were I as short as they are too. But we do have friends here who regularly have their kids run in the local 5Ks so I know it's doable. That sounds so fun. Take pictures!!
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