Parkrun number 5 - keeping up with my 9-year-old

[trogdelight]

A few weeks ago I posted about running parkrun with my 9-year-old.

Yesterday, he took another chunk off his PB running with me to 28.29. This is only just over a minute slower than my own PB! It now seems only a matter of weeks until i'm going to be eating his dust.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

How lovely that he is getting quicker and great to run together

[RunaroundSue Graduate10]

Don't forget that you have to keep him within arms length until he is 11.

Good luck with that if he speeds up much more

Last week I ran for a while chatting with a 9 year old on his first parkrun (his Dad was there as well)

He wanted to know all about the milestone t-shirts and we speculated about the colour for a 1000 run shirt when it is required (he decided on gold)

Anyway I saw them ahead of me yesterday, he finished about 3 minutes quicker than last week - I didn't try to keep up!

[trogdelight Graduate10 in reply to RunaroundSue]

I console myself with the fact that if I can keep with him till he reaches 11, I will have seriously improved as a runner. Then, in the years following this, he can get the coffees in while he waits for his old man.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

I was at a parkrun yesterday and I would swear that there was a 9 or 10 year old boy running himself who LAPPED me on the second round, perhaps he was with his dad but he could not go at the pace of his son. 😊

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

So great you run together . Say congratulations to your son and well done to you both 🤗

[Debston Graduate10]

My 12 year old son always has to wait for me at the finish line. He zooms off and leaves me to plod round. I dream of one day getting to the finish line first! 😂

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

How brilliant. I love seeing the kids doing parkrun, especially the way some of them Jeff it with a combination of sprint and dragging of heels.