The whole family ran the school Fun Run again this October, as it is a basic 1.5miles down our street, around the circle and back up to the school. We even made encouraging race day signs and placed them in the front lawn. Even little Abby ran most of the race. Way to go!
This fall, we signed Alex up for a program at his school called RunFitKidz. It is a running club that meets after school once a week and our friend, Brenda, was going to be the coach. They start with some warm up stretches, a lesson on nutrition and running form, a fun game, and then at the end they run laps on the school's small track.
The first week they started with 6 laps (one mile) and each week they built up from there. By the end of the 8 week program, the kids would run a 5k race at a local park, along with participants from all of the area schools. Each week Alex exceeded the number of laps they had set as a goal and we are so proud of him for putting forth so much effort. He had fun challenging himself and was amazed that he could run such a far distance. It helped that so many of his buddies were running too so he had someone to talk to besides Mom.
No comments:
Post a Comment