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Would you let your 5year old do a 1 mile fun run?
Today after ds1 soccer game, he wanted to run on the "circle track" so I let him. He ran a mile in about 6-7 minutes. The only time he stopped was when he fell and scraped his knee but he got right back up and kept running.
So I was thinking of letting him to do the fun run at one of my up coming races.
So is 5 to young?
Re: Would you let your 5year old do a 1 mile fun run?
Your 5-year-old ran a mile in 6 or 7 minutes? If kids that age are allowed in the fun run, of course I'd let him try it.
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He averaged about 1.5min per lap (I only know this because I was recording him) and 4 laps made a mile. He was also wearing cleats and shingaurds.
DS did the 1km fun run with me last year before we walked a 5K charity walk. It was great - they hand out an empty bag at the start and there are people handing out candy along the way. He loved it!
If only I could find a run like that!
DS did the 1km fun run with me last year before we walked a 5K charity walk. He was 6. It was great - they hand out an empty bag at the start and there are people handing out candy along the way. He loved it!
If only I could find a run like that!
My kid is 6 (and a quarter, so not six-almost-7). He ran my last 5K with me, but got a little tired around mile 2.5.
I think most 5 yos could do a mile, no problem.
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Well, I just signed him up. He is very excited. So we are going to go get him some decent running shoes this weekend and I will let him start running in those. (I don't want him using his school shoes).
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Yes, if I knew he could do the distance and wanted to participate. I say go for it.
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Why not? I'd have let either of my DDs do it at that age, if she wanted. In fact, my 5 year old went out in the jogging stroller with DH the other day and apparently hopped out at some point and ran - according to DH - about 1.5 miles of the distance. In UGGs, no less, which didn't thrill me but 1) she insisted on wearing them, and 2) I had no idea she was going to run or that DH would actually let her do it. None the worse for wear, though (the kid or the boots).
Absolutely. My older daughter does them and started doing them at 4. She is more of a sprint/walk runner. :0) My younger daughter (3) does the little runs like the 100yd dash with me.
I was trying to get my dd interesting in doing a fun run. She asked if she could go run with me one night, I bought her a cute little running skirt and everything so we could match. we got about 1/2 a block before the dandelions were more intersting. lol
I see no problem in letting him run a mile.
He ran a mile in 6-7 minutes? Really? Are you sure the track was 400 meters and not yards? If so then you should enter him in the USATF Youth National Championships Sub-Bantum age group.
For their 1500 meter times add approximately 20 seconds to get a 1600 meter time (4 laps on a 400 meter track).
Yeah, the track was a 1/4 mile track and 4 laps made a mile. He just turned 5 but he loves to just run. My H says that he just maybe a track runner and not to get my hopes up for a baseball player.