Week One Down, Eight More to Go
Week One Summary: Miles logged - 5.86 miles Total time - 95.9 minutes Average pace - 16.07 minutes per mile Workout days - Monday, Wednesday, Saturday Week one is in the books and it was...interesting. As a veteran of the Couch to 5K program, I knew what to expect and how to approach each workout. Adding the kids to the mix however, was a whole different ball of wax. We tried to prep the kids with how many runs to expect, how to pace themselves and how it's mostly a mental game-- that by run 6 or 7, they'd probably be all "MORE RUNNING? WAHHHH." At the same time, we didn't want to put it into their heads that it would be hard-- we just wanted to prepare them and let them know that a lot of distance running is mental. Your body can keep going but your head is like, "UHHH, LISTEN..." All-in-all the kids took everything in stride (no pun intended). There was some complaining, especially on Day Two, but we pushed throug...