The other morning I pulled a FIRST and got up to go for a run BEFORE Mike left for work. That meant 6:30, which is unheard of for me! But I did it, and got my 4 miles in. When i got home at 7:20 the kiddos were just getting up and came and sat with me on either side (sigh) on the back patio while I cooled off. Ben said, "I sure wish I could go on a run", and Brooke said, "me too!" So I said, "we can! You want to? Let's do it today!" This also was a first for us, and while I was so excited that they showed such interest, I didn't think it would last long since Brooke can't usually
walk 50 yards without complaining!
So, 11:00 rolled around and I decided we better do this if we're going to do it. Brooke went to her room to find the perfect "running outfit", to which she did pretty good with a little athletic skort and t-shirt. We put on running shoes...of course. Ben announced his goal was 5 miles, Brooke thought 2 sounded about right. Okay...we better stretch then!
We set off, and to make it super "official" I even used the app on my iPhone that I run with, giving them updates on our time and how far we'd gone.
Taking time to point out the playground, flowers, doggies...this girl knows how to stop and smell the flowers!
They both did SO WELL. Not a single complaint and I hate to admit, I was shocked. Equally shocking was when we got home my phone said we'd gone just shy of a half a mile! In 7.5 minutes! Not bad for Brooke's wee legs.
The next day...our friends Maggie, Luke, and Sarah were coming over. Ben had said, "I bet I can do TWO laps and make it a mile! I told him that I knew Luke would be up for the challenge...he's 6 and training for the Olympics. :) Sure enough, after dinner the kids all got on their sneakers and off we went! First loop (half mile) in 5.5 minutes! We had improved our min/mile rate by 2 minutes! However before Sarah reached the half mile she took a dive and got a bloody nose...not happy. Brooke and I hung close to help out, but the boys were off for a second loop and sure enough, completed a whole mile in right around 11 minutes!
I think we're on to something!
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