This morning, Jack and I were talking about "Mommy's big race" that is coming up, also known as the Quad Cities Marathon.
Jack: Can I run the race with you, Mommy?
Me: No, this one I need to run by myself.
Jack: But I really want to run it with you.
Me: I do need you to cheer for me. You'll do that, right? How are you going to cheer for me?
Jack (forlornly): gomommygo.
Me: What? Is that what it's going to sound like?
Jack: I'm just sad because I want to run with you, Mommy.
Then I reminded him that he is running a race the day before my big race, and that if he wants to, he can run it all by himself.
Me: So, what do you think? Do you want me to run the race with you?
Jack: No. I am going to run it with Daddy and Uncle Andy. You can hold my tigers.
Dude is totally trying to make me feel bad.
9 comments:
Nothing like learning how to guilt mom into actions when they're young... You get stuck with tiger duty.
My five year old sister is CONSTANTLY asking if she can run a marathon with me :)
Does the Marathon have an kids runs? The Boy loves those and he calls them his "marathons" ...
(Philly had like half mile for the kidlets -- gave them shirts (nice ones and medals) and everything. Keeps him involved.
Trying to figure out what kid code is for, "Hold My Tigers".
I wish my kids wanted to run with me. They're like, um. No.
Betsy - I left you a followup comment in my blog comments.
I think all marathons should have a companion kid's race.
The marathon does have a companion kids' race, and that is the one for which I have tiger holding duty. But Jack is a determined little monkey and really wants to run the entire thing with me. What do you guys think - should I have him do the 50 states before Laura?
Betsy, if you want him to break any records, you'd better start him early:
"Brenton Floyd completed his 118th marathon on 7/7/01 at age 16 years 3 months to become the youngest finisher of all 50 states. He ran his first marathon at age 10."
Hey Betsy,
I recently came across your blog and enjoyed reading through your archives as a fellow runner.
Over the past few months, I've been helping build http://www.ontri.com - a community-based website for marathoners and triathletes. I wanted to let you know about the site, and wondered if you would be interested in posting about it in your blog.
Keep on running,
Josiah
http://www.ontri.com
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