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  • #1

    How old do my kids have to be

    before I take them on runs with me?

    I'm not talking about crazy mileage runs. Just a couple of miles.

    My eight year old is starting to ask. She wants to do a triathlon this Labor Day. We've decided that two laps in the pool, a bike ride from pool to home (about a mile) and a run around the block (about half a mile) is not a bad place to start.

    I don't remember when I started running. I think I was in HS. I know that the common wisdom is (or at least used to be) that kids aren't developmentally ready for weight training until at least 14. Is it the same thing for running?
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  • #2
    Originally posted by nikuman View Post
    before I take them on runs with me?

    I'm not talking about crazy mileage runs. Just a couple of miles.

    My eight year old is starting to ask. She wants to do a triathlon this Labor Day. We've decided that two laps in the pool, a bike ride from pool to home (about a mile) and a run around the block (about half a mile) is not a bad place to start.

    I don't remember when I started running. I think I was in HS. I know that the common wisdom is (or at least used to be) that kids aren't developmentally ready for weight training until at least 14. Is it the same thing for running?
    I have no idea but I would say about then. Maybe 12 would be ok, but no real long extreme distances.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by nikuman View Post
      before I take them on runs with me?

      I'm not talking about crazy mileage runs. Just a couple of miles.

      My eight year old is starting to ask. She wants to do a triathlon this Labor Day. We've decided that two laps in the pool, a bike ride from pool to home (about a mile) and a run around the block (about half a mile) is not a bad place to start.

      I don't remember when I started running. I think I was in HS. I know that the common wisdom is (or at least used to be) that kids aren't developmentally ready for weight training until at least 14. Is it the same thing for running?
      We had a mile run as a school race for all the 4-6th graders.
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      • #4
        Originally posted by Jarid in Cedar View Post
        We had a mile run as a school race for all the 4-6th graders.
        I remember this race. I never won.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Hot Lunch View Post
          I remember this race. I never won.
          I was 5th once(I even got a ribbon!, They gave them all the way to 10th)
          "The first thing I learned upon becoming a head coach after fifteen years as an assistant was the enormous difference between making a suggestion and making a decision."

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          • #6
            obviously you have to limit milage and such, but I would imagine it is ok. The owener of fastrunningblog.com has 3 kids that he takes out for runs and they are 10,8,6 (and are all faster than I am ).

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            • #7
              We started doing the Fort Douglas Fun Run at age 6-ish. I can't remember if the kids course was a mile or a half-mile. About 4th or 5th grade, a number of us quit playing on the playground at recess and ran laps most days, and I know my brothers and I were racing each other in varying distances younger than that.

              I'd say you're fine to run a mile or two with her anytime she feels like it. Kids quit when they're tired, and she'd only be hauling her own weight (unlike weight lifting).

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              • #8
                Originally posted by nikuman View Post
                before I take them on runs with me?

                I'm not talking about crazy mileage runs. Just a couple of miles.

                My eight year old is starting to ask. She wants to do a triathlon this Labor Day. We've decided that two laps in the pool, a bike ride from pool to home (about a mile) and a run around the block (about half a mile) is not a bad place to start.

                I don't remember when I started running. I think I was in HS. I know that the common wisdom is (or at least used to be) that kids aren't developmentally ready for weight training until at least 14. Is it the same thing for running?
                What about on a bike? She could bike while you run.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by marsupial View Post
                  What about on a bike? She could bike while you run.
                  I'm not sure she can keep up with me....

                  Actually, that's an idea that we've had as well, and I think it's great. But she's specifically interested in starting to run, mostly because that is what dad is doing. Cycling is not cool since I don't do it. Obviously creekster's influence is limited.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by marsupial View Post
                    What about on a bike? She could bike while you run.
                    I've tried that. My daughter said "hey dad, how come you are jogging. I thought you were going running?"

                    Nothing like trash talk from a seven year old.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by nikuman View Post
                      before I take them on runs with me?

                      I'm not talking about crazy mileage runs. Just a couple of miles.

                      My eight year old is starting to ask. She wants to do a triathlon this Labor Day. We've decided that two laps in the pool, a bike ride from pool to home (about a mile) and a run around the block (about half a mile) is not a bad place to start.

                      I don't remember when I started running. I think I was in HS. I know that the common wisdom is (or at least used to be) that kids aren't developmentally ready for weight training until at least 14. Is it the same thing for running?
                      My Cassandra (no, not your bike!) is going to be 10 this fall and would be able to handle what you've described. I'm not sure about when she was eight, but your daughter is likely getting close if she's not already there.
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                      • #12
                        Way back when, one of my brothers used to run with my dad all the time. He was about 4 when he started and Dad just went at his pace until he was tired and quit. By the time he was 10 or so he could out run my father.

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                        • #13
                          I would do what I did with danimal when we were engaged. I planned a route that would take me by his apartment when I only had about two miles left. I called him before I was leaving and told him when to be ready. Then I swung by, knocked on his door and he finished the last two with me. (Of course, one mile into our first run together after we got back from our honeymoon, he turned to me and said, "you know, I really don't like running. I am just going to head home now.")

                          Seriously, though. I would just have her go with you for the cool downs. Go her pace and run as long as she is able. That way you don't miss out on a good workout and she doesn't feel like she has to keep up with you. If she keeps at it, she'll be leaving you in the dust before long.

                          EDIT: To be clear, danimal is fit. He just hates running.
                          Last edited by marsupial; 08-27-2009, 01:26 PM.
                          What's to explain? It's a bunch of people, most of whom you've never met, who are just as likely to be homicidal maniacs as they are to be normal everyday people, with whom you share the minutiae of your everyday life. It's totally normal, and everyone would understand.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by marsupial View Post
                            EDIT: To be clear, danimal is fit. He just hates running.
                            Fit like British people use the term?
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by falafel View Post
                              Fit like British people use the term?
                              That too.
                              What's to explain? It's a bunch of people, most of whom you've never met, who are just as likely to be homicidal maniacs as they are to be normal everyday people, with whom you share the minutiae of your everyday life. It's totally normal, and everyone would understand.
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