This morning, Warren and I ran our third 5K for the Watermelon Series. It was not pretty; it was not fun. After Warren set a PR at the last race, he was determined (or so we thought) to PR this race.But, you see, while I have been running three days a week, Warren has not. Not even half way through the race, he was pretty sure he was going to die. After tears during the race*, we walked (not ran, mind you) away having learned a few things:
- I am much too competitive.
- Practice with earbuds before the race.
- You will live, even if your heart is beating 400 beats/minute.
- Training (to run, not just to ride your scooter or swim) really is important when running a race.
- There will be days when you have a bad race, and that's ok.
- If things go wrong, pick yourself up, put it behind you and keep going.
- Think happy thoughts!
- Don't quit!
- Finish strong!
- Sometimes it's more about the relationship you're building with your son and what your teaching your son, than achieving a PR!
*Just to clarify, the tears during the race were from Warren, not me.
No comments:
Post a Comment