Child's Play

Thursday I started training my five year old. It was either running or playing baseball, which he does not want to do. It all was fine, except he was messing around and tripped, getting a small scrape on his knee. He was OK, until he got home and then wanted everyone to feel sorry for him, oh brother!! For the next three weeks, we will focus on slowing him down and keeping his arms up. He runs like his on fire and then gets tired, so slow and steady is what we will work on. We signed him up for a 1K in 2 months, so our goal is to have him run the whole thing without stopping I think he can do it.
I will keep you posted on the progress. As far as my running, I had a slow run today 3 miles just to stretch out the muscles. I actually took a rowing class in Long Beach, CA yesterday which was cool, and I woke up a bit sore, which I guess means it was a workout.

Also, I just finished reading "Running Like a Girl" by Alesandra Heminsley. At first, I was hesitant to give it a read because I'm not much of a feminist, "girl power" all that stuff. However, the book was not really about that. It is once person's journey into finding the runner inside of them. In fact except for some sports bra and boob talk, the book could have been written by a guy. It was a good read inspiring made me think, "I can run a marathon too", but that when away fast. It is a good read so pick it up at your local library.

NERD OUT!