This morning I went out for an easy 3-miler. The weather was my idea of perfection: 50 degrees and a little cloudy from last night’s rain. I don’t have to work today, so I woke up cheerful and not feeling rushed to get my run in. Little Boy wanted to run with me and his company was pretty much icing on the cake of my morning.
Pre-run shot. I’m not a big hat wearer, but I wasn’t sure if there was more rain to come. In the background you can see our front yard “cemetery.” We love us some Halloween around here!
Before we took off, Little Boy and I decided on a game plan: run half a mile, walk for ten seconds, repeat. Little Boy enjoys running, but he tends to take off fast and burn out quick, so I’m trying to teach him how to regulate his pace for longer runs. He loved looking forward to the walking breaks, managed to keep a really steady pace and didn’t complain at all during the run. We ran a nice, relaxed pace and chatted while we ran. I put him in charge of the camera and every time he took a picture he asked, “Are you going to put that one on your blog, Mom?” Yes, Little Boy, I am.
We saw three huge cranes in this field, which of course didn’t show up in the picture. Bummer. At least the morning sky looks pretty, even if that desolate field doesn’t. My runs are pretty utilitarian as far as the scenery goes.
Action shot. I am well aware of the fact that wearing gloves with a strappy tank and running shorts sort of made me look like Minnie Mouse, but my hands get cold way before the rest of me does.
Mastering the art of taking a selfie while running takes time. What a goof.
We ended up having a terrific run, and beat Little Boy’s previous best time by over ten minutes!! Final stats: 3.1 miles in 29:40 (this includes our walking breaks but not the two red lights we stopped for). I couldn’t ask for a better start to the weekend!
Stay tuned for a really exciting announcement on Monday (hint: there will be prizes!) Happy Friday!!
How fun you got to run with your son!
Tell Little Boy he took awesome pics!
I’m wearing gloves and a tank today. I need to get some cooler weather running clothes. Looks like you had a wonderful morning run!
I love your post labels! Awesomeness indeed.
So cool to run with little boy and what a great time! And he was a great documentor of the run!
Sounds like a great morning! Little Boy got some good shots! I like your front yard cemetery.
What a great Friday treat!
My hands and ears get cold early too. I could probably run all winter in shorts, but I don’t. Love running with my kids!
That is so awesome that you get to run with your son! Those are great pictures too!!
I can’t wait for my boys to be old enough to do longer runs with me!
holy cow! that’s a good time! happy friday 🙂
it was nice of him to run WITH you rather than dropping you right away. Oh wait, that’s my kid.
Adorable little guy! I’ve got a little girl (or 2) for him. So funny how they run SO fast, poop out, then repeat! 😀
Hmm. So you run 3.1 miles with a little guy, taking walking breaks, in a faster time than I run that distance by myself. I think I have some work to do! Thanks for the motivation and what a cute running partner!!
Pro runner photographer on your hands P! Love the yard!! Before I even started reading I wondered if it was yours, but your rad, so of course it is! 🙂
wow…great time w/your lil’ dude;-)
and i wear gloves w/tanks like that all the time.
happy friday!
What a fun start to the weekend!
What a great run…I love that you are able to help him while having such fun. The beautiful memories being made 🙂
What a cutie
What an awesome run with your little guy. Love the selfie. I can’t wait until my girls can run with me! Have a great weekend.
This sounds like a ton of fun!
I loved this post so much! Your boy is absolutely adorable and I love that he was able to hang with his mommy!
Very cool run! I think in all my years of running (10 maybe) I never made it to finish a 5K in 30 minutes or less. Maybe once. So I think you’re better than an average athlete! 🙂 Cute son, how nice you get to run with him!
What a great run! I love the cemetery!
Hi P,
Thanks for visiting my Blog. You are my 50th Follower! Looks like you live in So. Cal? I, too, am an average so cal athlete 🙂
HEY! Love the action shot!