Families Exploring and Enjoying the Outdoors
“I won’t be staying here for long,” I said to my lone crew member, who also happened to be my beautiful wife. I was running up to the 73 km aid station, the second to last stop along my 100 km Iron Legs Ultra Trail Run journey. I was feeling exhilarated after descending Moose Mountain.…
She ran so fast. She ran so fast and just kept running. She kept running past the finish line and the only way to stop her was to sprint in front of her, pick her up and congratulate her by throwing her up in the air. Our 3 year old was beaming. She had completed…
How do you let your children explore and be adventurous? How much do you protect them from getting injured? What parameters of safety do you set up for your kid? Are you being too safe or not safe enough? My kids are at two different stages in life but currently being very adventurous. Often people…
Here is a little background information: I started training for a half trail marathon early August 2014. I had been running before August but I had recently increased my average run to 8 km. During that time I was making sure to run 10-15 km once a week. I had tons of energy and was…