Taking my nine year old out jogging with me

TiffanyW1014

I take my daughter to the track with me and she is 5. We do a walking program where she earns charms for a braclet for miles she walks. But if she gets tired or doesn't want to do it anymore she just plays or runs around the field. I don't push her to do it but this way I can still walk and she can ''play''. Also check to see if the local gym has babysitting hours that is another great thing about my gym. I can exercize for up to 3 hours and they watch my daughter for free!! Good luck!

jaebarnett

I, as AlexMN said, started C25K with my 11 yr old daughter last week. Since neither of us are particularly athletic, I am letting her set the pace. So we are doing it every other day (as opposed to 3x a week) but doing each week twice. We both sync the podcast on our own MP3 players and use one earphone. It has been fun so far. This was mainly for her - I did not want her to be in the last group of kids to finish the mile in PE in the coming years. We even ordered T-shirts (Zombies Hate Fast Food) when she was able to do W1 with no modifications. She really enjoys the time together without distractions (cell phones etc)