Mile 1: Check! November 3, 2008
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Today I promised Veronica that we would stop off at Centennial Fields after school to start preparing for the Seattle Kids Marathon. She’s been running in PE class, but it won’t be enough, so there is some outside effort involved. She has 2 hours of gymnstics tonight, so I suggested that we walk a mile instead of run it. She was down with that.
As soon as we popped out of the car her hand went out, expecting me to lay something in it. “What?” I asked. Veronica rolled her eyes and said, “iPhone?” We of course had to go through the “how do you ask politely” thing, but after she showed me that there are some good manners buried in there, I realized she had a plan. Immediately she turned the iPhone into iPod. After the Wiggles tracks were located, she started the timer and we were off.
“Mom,” she said, “we need to keep up a brisk pace. Do you know what brisk is? That means FASTER.” Evidently we had a PR to break…
The walk was pretty nice. It rained on us a bit, and I did have to carry Samantha the entire way (she forgot her shoes, plus she wasn’t feeling well), but by Jove we made it. Here are some highlights by the kids:
Veronica: “Look Mom! Elk!”
Me: “Yup. Those are Elk.”
Veronica: “It’s a whole pile of them!”
Samantha: “What’s that Blankie?”
Samantha as Blankie: “Chirp-chirp-chirp.”
Samantha: “Why yes Blankie, we’re doing a maranon.”
(*puzzled look*)
Samantha: “Mom, what is a maranon?”
Me: “It’s a marathon. It’s a race that is 26.2 miles.”
Samantha: (*rolls eyes*) “We’re going to be here FOREVER!”
The great thing is that it didn’t burn the kids out and they were SUPER excited to check off their mile when we got home. Veronica asked when we could go again. I think we’ll try for Wednesday…
Workout:
- Type: Walk
- Date: 11/03/2008
- Time: 15:30:00
- Total Time: 00:22:00.00
- Distance: 1 miles
- Average Pace: 21:58.68/mile
Comments
That’s great to run with your daughter. I hope to have the same experience when I have kids too!
Best of luck!