Quality time with my Son (xpost From Exercise and Fitness)
This past Saturday was yet another 5K while I was fairly proud of my time I was very proud of the race. This is the second race my 9 year old asked if he could run in, the first being last December and he was so thrilled that he beat me by a minute. Well since I have been training and well he has been being a 9 year old boy I knew going into this race that he wouldn't be able to keep up the whole distance.
We started out about midway beack in the runners pack, which is where I felt we would be best positioned for my pace and time, boy was I wrong as less than a quarter mile into the run I am passing people that already have backed off to a walk no big deal as they were nice enough to move off to the far right.
The run went from a hospital parking lot down into an active quary and then back out to the entrace of the quary, and to top it off we had a pretty nasty storm the night before. Once you hit the quary road it was riddled with puddles and was more like running a trail than a road. Obviously the first downhill leg was going into the quary which meant you finished going UP HILL!
I was holding a fairly good pace and my son was doing a fairly good job of keeping pace until about mile 1.25, in true fashion he wouldn't ease up to a pace he could maintain but would rather surge forward to get up to me and then fall back. I could tell by his face that he was pushing to hard, so I hit the point where you say "Do I be a good dad and ease up and work his pace so he doesn't hurt himself or get sick or do I push a head and turn in a decent time and run it in like he did when he beat me" ok the Good dad side one. I slowed down to a walk and held his hand as he got his breath and when he was ready to run we ran, and when he needed to walk we walked. I helped coach him therough the last half of the race telling him when we were going to walk based on the color of his face and when we would run based on his ability to talk. The last .3 miles was a flatout run with him holding my hand the whole time. We crossed the finish line at the exact same time 35:09. He placed 9th for his age group, which I was pretty proud of since he does ZERO prep for these.
This turned out to be not so much a race but about doing something with my son.
http://connect.garmin.com:80/activity/embed/79537242
We started out about midway beack in the runners pack, which is where I felt we would be best positioned for my pace and time, boy was I wrong as less than a quarter mile into the run I am passing people that already have backed off to a walk no big deal as they were nice enough to move off to the far right.
The run went from a hospital parking lot down into an active quary and then back out to the entrace of the quary, and to top it off we had a pretty nasty storm the night before. Once you hit the quary road it was riddled with puddles and was more like running a trail than a road. Obviously the first downhill leg was going into the quary which meant you finished going UP HILL!
I was holding a fairly good pace and my son was doing a fairly good job of keeping pace until about mile 1.25, in true fashion he wouldn't ease up to a pace he could maintain but would rather surge forward to get up to me and then fall back. I could tell by his face that he was pushing to hard, so I hit the point where you say "Do I be a good dad and ease up and work his pace so he doesn't hurt himself or get sick or do I push a head and turn in a decent time and run it in like he did when he beat me" ok the Good dad side one. I slowed down to a walk and held his hand as he got his breath and when he was ready to run we ran, and when he needed to walk we walked. I helped coach him therough the last half of the race telling him when we were going to walk based on the color of his face and when we would run based on his ability to talk. The last .3 miles was a flatout run with him holding my hand the whole time. We crossed the finish line at the exact same time 35:09. He placed 9th for his age group, which I was pretty proud of since he does ZERO prep for these.
This turned out to be not so much a race but about doing something with my son.
http://connect.garmin.com:80/activity/embed/79537242
Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
My son turned 9 on Wednesday. This post made me weepy. ((((((Hugs)))))) to you. How blessed you and your baby boy are to have one another. You're planting some wondeful seeds in your son; how to be a great Dad, how to lead by example and that physcial fitness doesn't have to be a solitary quest, it can be a family affair.
Sorry I missed you. So glad you were there, was it not the most awesome feeling to finish?
As for being in the zone well Probably had my headphones in and music blasting which is my zone.
As for being in the zone well Probably had my headphones in and music blasting which is my zone.
Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
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