Anonymous wrote:Youth is wasted on the young…
My teenage son ran a half marathon this summer without training for it. Just decided to do it, did a few moderate runs, then ran laps on a trail around a small lake near us until he hit 13.1 miles. 9 minute pace.
Agree!
My 14 yo joined his HS cross country team this year - he has never ran. I took him out for his first preseason run at the end of the summer - he couldn’t keep up with my 11/12 min mile pace for more than 1.5 miles. Yet here we are now, near the end of the season (roughly 6 weeks after his first run), and he’s running 7 minute 5k’s (not 7:59, mind you, 7:08). I just want to smash his face in 😂😂