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Absolutely yes! My daughter is 5 and has the running bug. I enter her in 1-3 races a year which she trains for. She won the mini great north run last year and it did her confidence a worldof good. More importantly, it gives her a sense of direction and achievement, it also keeps her fit and gets her in the routine of looking after herself as she grows up.
agree with the lad up the page.5k's are a great distance for races. My 5 year old does one every other month. Her pb is 28:46. She loves parkrun
I'm not a great runner, but I enjoy the occasional 10k, last year I encouraged my football mad 7yr old nephew to join me in a 2k at Whipsnade Zoo - in the end 3 others joined us plus family spectators, and everyone loved the day as our race entry included entry to the whole park. My nephew beat me, won his first medal and is raring to do it all again this summer - this time he wants his Dad to enter so he can beat him!