Thanks. I still haven't decided what distance to run. My cousin, mom and maybe a couple of brothers may run. My 6-year old thinks she's going to do the 5k. I may have to run with her. I'm sure that the 10k is what I should run for training purposes, but I haven't competed in a 5k since the Brigham Snowman Shuffle in December... And you?
I am planning on running the 10K. I have only one other 10K, Peach days. So I want to see how my time compares. I will be trying to break 40 minutes, this is a strech goal. The 5K will be easy for you after running the Snow Man Shuffle. I don't think there is a hill anywhere close to the hill up to the golf course on the 1st Dam course. I can't believe you ran faster on the Snow Mans Shuffle then you did the 1st dam run last year. Is there a hill I am not remembering?
If your 6 year old runs that is impressive. I hope she enjoys it. You must come from a running family. I have not pushed or encouraged my kids to start running very far yet. I hope they will have a Kids K or something like that, my two oldest would like that.
No, there isn't any hills in the 1st Dam 5k. I was only 1.5 months into "training" at that point and 2.5 months into it for the snowman shuffle - I suppose that is the difference.
I don't come from a running family - I have one brother who ran some in 2004, then gave it up 'cause it took too much time, and I did a 5k that year. After that, no one ran until I decided to do the marathon this year (I think my cousin did a half last year.) After I finished the Ogden, my mom decided she wanted to run a marathon too - she ran a mile once in her life. Another brother decided he would try it too. I don't know if my 6-year old will really do it, she just wants to be a part of it all, but has only run around the block 3 times for training and that was 2 months ago...
I didn't come from a running family either, but most of my family just thinks I am nuts. Having your family at the race should be fun.
I can understand how your 6 year old would want to be part of running to be like dad. Her not training for the run is a good thing. At a young age the legs are still developing so quickly I am not sure if running very far is good for them.
I would never stop a kid from running. Just let them run, play, be active, and develope the love for running. I think that is the most important part.
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