{"id":674,"date":"2011-11-15T00:48:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T00:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/11\/my-new-running-partner.html"},"modified":"2011-11-15T00:48:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T00:48:00","slug":"my-new-running-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/11\/my-new-running-partner.html","title":{"rendered":"My New Running Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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This is from last May.  The boys did a 1 mile fun run, even though those running numbers say “5K”.  Jacob saw a classmate at this race who was registered to run the 5K itself and he asked, “Mom, why can’t I do that?”  Well, no one ever said you couldn’t!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Meet my new running partner, Jacob.<\/p>\n

I invited him on a recent run, since I was just coming off a pretty nasty cold I wasn’t running for speed or anything.  Just to burn some calories and use up some pent up energy.  So Jacob joined me and ran about 1.25 miles on Saturday without stopping!<\/p>\n

He asked if he could run a 5K race soon, so on Saturday, right after we came back from the 1.25 miler, we registered for a 5K on December 3rd right here in Navarre.  It’s a Jingle Bell 5K and registered runners will not only receive a t-shirt, but also a set of jingle bells to ring while running!  We can’t wait!<\/p>\n

Know what else is cool?  This race course will be designed with “Shortcuts to Grandma’s House” so the younger ones can go back early.<\/p>\n

Today I took him out for 1.5 miles.  I keep alongside of him and he can watch my Nike+ distance ticking on my iPhone strapped to my arm.  HE LOVES THIS!  For those who know Jacob, you know he’s a numbers\/data kind of guy!<\/p>\n

I am so incredibly proud to have this goal with Jacob — to run a race together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is from last May.  The boys did a 1 mile fun run, even though those running numbers say “5K”.  Jacob saw a classmate at this race who was registered to run the 5K itself and he asked, “Mom, why can’t I do that?”  Well, no one ever said you couldn’t! Meet my new running […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[10,54,175,21],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-aS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":561,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/05\/the-runner-girls-spawn.html","url_meta":{"origin":674,"position":0},"title":"The Runner Girl’s Spawn","date":"09 May 11","format":false,"excerpt":"You can say I tried. 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