Runner Girl

In conjunction with a 5K charity race that I am thinking about running in May, there is a kid's 1K (.62 mile) race. I was thinking of entering Abby in it, but I was curious to see how far she could run without stopping and I am pretty eager to see if I can train her to go the entire distance. After seeing her mommy run two marathons, Abby has wanted to do a race of her own for quite some time so I'm thinking this may be her time to shine!!

Abby and I ready to head out on our very first "run" together. First we do some dynamic stretches to warm-up...

High knees...

And hip circles...

And we're off...

Look at that big smile. See, running is fun!!

A long distance shot of mommy-daughter running!!

She actually fared pretty well. She made it .25 miles before she tripped and skinned her knee. We then had to walk/run the next .75 miles before she looked down at her slightly scraped up knee and had a minor panic attack. It took us about 18 minutes to finish 1 mile (world-record, here we come, LOL!!) I was proud of her for finishing despite the small casualty she suffered. I think we'll try running together a couple of times a week to prepare for her first race.

I have to admit though that I was probably more excited about running with Abby than she was about running with me!! I hope my children develop a love of running so that we can go on many family runs together in the future. Landon already has a head start on most people...he's already run a marathon (granted it was inside my womb, but he was there!!!)