I just have to brag- no gush... I'm proud as a peach right now!
My 9 yr old son ran his first mile with good old mom tonight!! He is doing the kids fun run at IMAZ this weekend, so I bought him his first real running shoes. I figured I better take him out to show him how to pace himself. I gave him one of my fuel belt flasks w/water, grabbed the gps and out we went. I took it super slow- his pace, and he did it with no problem. He even chatted along the way. Finished in 11:45 and boy was he proud!! His dad is out of town today so he had to call him and brag about his time.
He's been *running* with me since he was 7 weeks old in some form or another, but he has never actually *ran*. He never showed any interest. Well now he's starting to get interested and we even talked about kids tri's earlier today.... hmmm.... maybe all these years of "setting a good example" really did sink in!
Anyway, he asked me if he could use the fuel belt flask and gps this weekend in his *race*.. Yeah- he said RACE!!!