Last week Tyler finished Couch to 5K, a nine week program that takes people from not running at all to running three miles (or thirty minutes, if your pace is slower than ten minutes). He'd tried the program a couple years ago, but only made it partway through week six. It was just a lot for short, five year old legs in the hottest month of summer.
This time, though, he rocked it! A few runs were challenging at the end, others he cruised at top speed, and most of them he steadily ran the distance marked out for him. Here we are as we got home from the final run.
Tyler's mostly dairy-free, so the traditional reward of going to Cold Stone when you finish the program wouldn't work for him. He asked for $5.00 worth of candy and gum instead. Done! Cracks me up how he struck a running pose with his feet as I snapped the picture. Funny kid.
Super proud of him for seeing this program through to completion! He's running for thirty minutes now, but hasn't quite hit three miles. That's our next goal, to run a full three miles no matter how long it takes him. I bet he'll reach that goal pretty quickly!
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