Jackal99 said:

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For his first 5K, he didn't really have much running experience other than at recess, and playing baseball, basketball, etc. He had to take some walk breaks, but he was able to finish just fine. Each 5K after that, he needed to walk less and less.

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JBAG064 said:

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My 10 year old wants to run a 5k with me last half of Feb. He is playing basketball currently and baseball about to start back up but those differ in conditioning, at least my opinion.

We ran a mile Saturday and it went good, and had just planned to bump it up as we get further along. Any other tips/advice? While I was an very active kid, running distance wasn't exactly what I did. This is completely his idea as well which another reason I am looking to make this as positive of an experience as possible.

Thanks

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Capitol Ag said:

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JBAG064 said:

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My 10 year old wants to run a 5k with me last half of Feb. He is playing basketball currently and baseball about to start back up but those differ in conditioning, at least my opinion.

We ran a mile Saturday and it went good, and had just planned to bump it up as we get further along. Any other tips/advice? While I was an very active kid, running distance wasn't exactly what I did. This is completely his idea as well which another reason I am looking to make this as positive of an experience as possible.

Thanks

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First, introduce him to weights and tell him to give up this running crap. I kid, i kid.

Seriously, just like weights, it is all about realistic progressive overload. Run short distances that increase in small increments over time. And make it fun. They love fun competition and have rewards for each progression. All while teaching him the basic fundamentals of running. performance isn't the biggest focus at this point. some5Ks are called fun runs for a reason so it's a perfect way to introduce them to running.

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