A few weeks ago my 6 year old ran his first race and enjoyed it very much. Now he wants to come and train with me, and ofcourse his 4 year old brother also want to join us.
Should I go for a couple of 100/200 meters with walking breaks? Or a slower pace and see how far they they can run? Also, do I let them set their own pace or make them run next to me?
I hope there are some parents out there who have experience with this. How do you keep them interested.
Thanks Annemieke
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child 1 runs to you, you then run to child 2, child 2 runs to child 1, child 1 runs to you etc
Still hoping on some serious advice...
Still hoping on some serious advice...
Silly runs - eg Morecambe & Wise (if you've seen the show, you'll know what I mean)
Crocodiles - you go slowly in single file, the one at the back peels off and overtakes to go in first place. Stretch your arms out as you do it, and you can fly in "Battle of Britain" formation, complete with "dagadagadagadaga" noises for gunfire in dogfights.
As FF says, structured training will only bore them. Something silly works best.
Thanks for the advice skinny face, relays do sound like fun, I'll go out with them this afternoon and give it a try.
That said, he is v competitive, and will run anywhere if you race him, (and let him win).
He's done a few laps of a 400m track. Had difficulty in staying in his lane mind. Wandered over to inspect the 'sand pit'. Sat down for a breather at one point, and yet still managed to beat me.
He did win his class 6 meter sprint though, so the intensive training works. ;-)
FF is right - just keep it fun.
Do the England selectors know about him ?
Often it is tempting to push them harder if only to STOP the older one from CONTINUALLY talking...
My son played loads of football from 5 to 12 in boys clubs, but did no structured running training. He went to senior school last year, and found he was naturally strong at 400 and 800 metres. Went on to win the 800m for our city schools championship.
I also think it helps if kids see their parents running for fun and also being active.
Hope next time I will be able to make it more fun, less structured.
http://www.kidsrunning.com/krschoolgames.html