Blake has found a new passion for running. Actually,
sprinting is a more accurate description. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, since the biggest motivation to get him out the door in the mornings is to get school 20 minutes early so he has time to run laps around the field. Some days he even runs a mile before school starts. And he's racked up over 35 cumulative miles now. Blake has always been a child who needs a physical outlet for his thoughts and feelings and running seems to fulfill that perfectly (for now).
So while he's decided to forgo baseball, soccer, tennis and any other after-school sport because he's too drained from learning all day (who can argue with that?), I had been growing a little concerned that by not playing an organized sport he might be forfeiting his future opportunities to play competitively. THEN he ran a 5K charity run and he's discovered he LOVES running...competitively. He's already asked me when the next one is and informed me that he wants to run a marathon.
And while I'm glad that we can help guide his new found passion for running, he is too young to be doing it on his own...which means Brian and I will be lacing up our running shoes and trying to keep up on the weekends. I have no doubt that Blake will someday run a marathon if that's what he chooses to put his mind to. In the mean time, I am sure he will get the rest of us in better shape as we run laps around the park, lake or wherever (as if the challenge of keeping up with two 30+lb toddlers wasn't enough!). Now if I could just get all my kids to run in the
same direction....
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