However, a few nights ago my 4.5 year old caught me running
on the treadmill in the basement. I’m very nervous about little kids being
around a treadmill so I usually don’t run on it when they’re around. But the
other night I really needed to put in a short run in order to keep my
commitment to running 38 days in a row (see previous post about the Runners
World Streak challenge) so I snuck down to the basement while my husband
watched the girls.
First, I must confess that when I am on the home treadmill I
sometimes go a little crazy – in a good way. In order to pump myself up, I
typically shout out some positive affirmations to myself (actually, sometimes
the opposite) and do a bunch of wooo hooos. My daughter heard all the yelling so she came downstairs to
find out what was going on. I guess it looked like I was having fun because when
she saw me, she smiled and declared that she too wanted to run on the
treadmill. I told her it was time
for bed and we’d talk about it later. She also asked me if she could get a
running ‘outfit’ like mine.
The next morning the first thing she asked me is if I’d be
running on the treadmill again and that she definitely wanted to join me. My
response to her was that I had read the treadmill instructions and it clearly
noted that a person must be 8 years old to use it (I made this up.) She was a
little disappointed but nodded and said, ‘ok, when I’m 8!’ She had a big smile
on her face when I told her we still could buy her a pair of running shorts and
perhaps go for a run outside.
We’ve yet to go on our first run but she’s been asking quite
often. I’m excited to see what she thinks. Will she be bored? Or maybe this
will be the start of a life long passion like mine.
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