Nothing like spending time with family

Sometimes the best days are those that are unplanned.  I originally wanted to run 3 miles this morning before church but was unable to find someone to run with.  Since it would be before Sunday School, I would have to run at 6 and it is still dark at that time.  So I decided to run after church and make it a family event.  My son is currently training to participate in the Country Music Marathon in April.  He will run 25 miles leading up to the date of the race and then run the remaining 1.2 miles in Nashville and finish on the Titans football field, I believe.  He is beyond excited and has come a long way.

We ran together for the first time last week. I have been trying to work with him on pace so that he is not wearing himself out too quickly so the first time that he ran his mile was 12:58 which is awesome for a six year old and he did it without stopping so that was amazing to me.  Today we did have a few bumps in the road and had to stop but his mile this time was 11:03 which is almost a 2 minute difference in time.  He is doing amazing and I know that he will just continue to improve on his time.

My daughter also ran with us for the most part.  She is 3 years old and will turn 4 in March.  She isn't quite ready to be running like that but she is still doing awesome.  She ran probably about 3/10 of a mile before she was wondering where her Daddy was.  He doesn't run so we had to stop like this several times but we got it done.  They both did awesome.

I will definitely be keeping you up to date on how my son is doing in training and when he goes to complete his marathon.  I am also considering registering him to do a 5K in March.  I will be training for a half marathon and doing my run streak so it will be a great time to spend with him.

Below is our run.  Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and sharing in my journey.  So until next time.