Boston Globe did an interesting article on children's running. Couldn't help but think of Quin doing nightly laps around the Russell household:
There are no set guidelines and a great variation in readiness, said Pierre d’Hemecourt, director of primary care sports medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston and director of Children’s Hospital Boston Running Program. But with proper training and parental attention to any discomfort, he said, children should be able to run the following distances:
▸Age 5: 100-200 meters.
▸Age 6-7: 3K race.
▸Age 8-10: Up to 5K race.
▸Age 11-14: From a 10K to a half marathon.
After Blake Russell competed for the U.S. in 2008 Beijing Olympics her life changed drastically. In 2009, she gave birth to Quin and the already active Russell household in Pacific Grove turned it up a notch. Russell is now back in training, hoping to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics while making an Olympian effort to be a good wife and mother.
Monday, April 4, 2011
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