Roll With It

my new personal trainer post run

At the last minute, I decided to put my 4 year old son in the jogging stroller and take him with me to get some miles in.  Sounds simple enough, but I haven't run with the stroller in over a year and he is not a small 4 year old.  It turned out to be nothing like that run I had planned for the day (I was hoping for 4-6 miles solo), but it was a great 2 and half miles.  You have to love the fact that kids his age have no filter.  As we started running he asked me. "Mommy, are you running yet? You need to run fast!"  Sorry, honey. This is as fast as your mommy goes. After we finished the first slow and steady mile, I decided to add some entertainment for him and run some intervals.  He LOVED going faster and I got my heart rate up.  We took a potentially boring run and put a spin on it.  I may have to do more training with him because he was very excited to race on the middle school track by our house, but he didn't have his running shoes on.  I think next time we may run up some big hills to get coffee and a donut or do a neighborhood 5k with a stop at the post office.  That's how we roll. :)