Your son is a very lucky kid.


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Congrats on your first 21K run !


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Very cool!


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Congratulations Marilyn!


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Congrats Dave!
Thanx for the great race report.


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Congrats Lisa !!


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Amazing - good for you!


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great photo.
Write to her and ask for the digital files.

Amazing Kinga!
Great report too!

Hi Blanken, Congrats on your running and reaching 14 Ks! I am not sure how long you have been training or what your training regime is. When is the race? Have you seen a doctor/sports doctor? How do your parents feel about you running 21.1Ks ? I have a son, Arrow who at 11 years started to run. He r...

run4life wrote:
... We are so luckly we can run ...

I agree!

That's a nice report, good for you. On a recent run I was aproaching a group of teens ( 18 to 20 yrs.) taking up most of the side walk. I took the the side of the road to avoid them. As I was passing , one yelled "Where ya running to?" I shrugged and said "Not sure." Then one guy started running wit...

canalrunner wrote:Sad when someone kicks the bucket--sadder if there is still chicken in it.

Made me LOL!

What fun!!

Here's where I ordered mine:
http://www.fabrifoam.com/p-pattstrap.html

Happy New Year Fellow Running Maniacs!

Today will be day 11 of my "Run Every Day of Winter" goal.


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Merry Christamas Maniacs!
Day 4 of my 'run every day of Winter'.
I will be running 5Ks.


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On my regular run, at a certain sign post I run on the out side of the post. My fun thought was that it would insure a good run. I always told myself that it was not superstitious just a fun thing to do. However, last week as I appraoched the post I saw that the curb was full of snow. It was about 2...

Good going!

(edited by klewlis to remove inappropriate remark.)

Dare I say it again. Why the obsession with marathons? And now children running marathons Children are not smaller versions of adults and . . . Child Dies Playing Football On Schoolyard A student died Friday after he collapsed on a local playground during his first week of school in West Oak Lane. ...

That looks like fun!

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Port = "...But, I do think you made a mistake. As parents its our job to protect our kids from external forces, and often from themselve..."

Kids in hockey
Kids in football
Kids in basketball
Kids in - well you get the idea

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Do a search on Kids and Marathons and you will also find research evidence that says there is no problem with healthy kids running.

Thanx Dave.

If it make any difference, I ran both marathons right beside Arrow.
I had bus tickets in my pocket if he wanted to stop at anytime.