As I continue on my virtual/real mashup of my own personal running journey, from LEJOG, to COGH and ZOMBIES and a future EMF, something miraculous happened this week!
Every morning of this week we heard at 5am the door shut downstairs, and then our 17 year old lanky son taking a shower..... but why??????? πΆπΌπΆπΌπΆπΌ
Guess what! ππππππ
He started running! ππππππππΎππ½ Beginning of this week he sneaks out the moment it gets light, and runs ca 3.5k!
He, the teenager that I tried to encourage to run using Zombies, Run with me ending up getting hooked as Runner 5!
He, the teenager that I tried to encourage to run with my husband back a year ago, but then I ended up becoming the runner of the family, with husband nursing calf injuries and son caring more for his online gaming community.
C25k app was too uncool, NRC not his thing!
But now he sneaks out every morning, runs my old C25k route and comes back for a shower before heading to school. And ... in the evening he is so tired he goes to sleep at a reasonable time!
We dare not tell him to only run on alternate days, as he definitely is a person now that finds his own way and doesnβt want to be told.
But WOW! Iβm sure having two running parents helped to think this as a possibility!
Weβll see if he catches the running bug, Iβm sure he runs too fast and without recovery days. But hopefully heβll figure everything out and keeps on keeping on!
Wish me and him luck in catching the running bug!