Rylan's best friend in his class is Mason. Mason's parents own Fleet Feet (a running store), which runs the Mini Milers program. Mason's mom sent home a flyer in the kids' folders this week telling us about the program. I knew Rylan would love to do something with Mason outside of school so I signed the boys up for this 6 week program.
Yesterday was so hot again (90s, humid, and sunny) so running on a black track was a little rough. The organizers took this into account and gave the kids tons of water breaks and had them run less than normal.
The kids were split into four age groups. Carter and Rylan were together in the second group. Rylan's friend Mason was also in their group as was a little girl that has been in Carter's class the last two years (Laney).
Mason & Rylan
Laney, Carter, & Rylan
The boys' group started off with some stretching and talking a little bit about running. Then they did a simple game of running from one point to another if they could answer "yes" to a question (such as, "Do you have a dog?"). Next was some more instruction on running (they learned about the 4 S's - shoes, sleep, stretch, and sip). The last activity was the race. The boys' group did about 100 yards (I think they'd normally do 1/4 mile). Rylan is running so much faster all of a sudden! He did awesome! Carter, Laney, and another girl were the top 3 finishers (I'm not sure which one won - Carter thinks he did). They took the tear-off from the kids race bibs and put them in order of their finish but I didn't see whose was first. I'm not sure what they are planning on doing with them. After the race the kids got popsicles to cool off.
I'm having issues right now with uploading videos so I've put the video up on YouTube for now. Here is the link:
http://youtu.be/Cy9HdZj1AiE
As we were leaving, both boys said they had so much fun. Grayson and I didn't think it was so much fun in the heat though :) The poor baby was soaked in sweat.
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