First day of spring break and first day back running since the marathon. We were actually ready to go out last weekend, but it was raining so we bagged it. Decided to sleep in and go running after breakfast. Invited my 12 year old to accompany me (he needs to start getting ready for cross country next year), then my 5 year old wanted to come so we invited him to ride his bike. Next thing I knew, my 7 year old wanted to run and my 10 year old wanted to ride his bike too!! So, we had a whole family outing for this run! The bikers did great, they had to keep stopping and waiting for the runners :) 12 year old did pretty good, but 7 year old went out too fast and was tired before we were even at the end of the subdivision!! Now, my kids are good runners. But, they are not used to running, running, running and not stopping. Had originally wanted to do 4 miles, but knew that was going to be difficult with the kiddos. Decided to just do 3. After our turn around point, I stayed back with the 7 year old and kept encouraging him along. I'd find goals for him to run to then he could stop and walk for a minute. That's how we made it home. While it wasn't a great workout for me ( :) ), it was fun to go out and be with the kids this morning. Glad they all decided to join us! | 