Champ successfully completed week 1 of a Couch to 5K program that I found online. I have offered him a good incentive to complete a 5K with me in April. For the first workout this week, I let him do it by himself. For the other 2 workouts this week, we did them together since I deemed his idea of moving quickly was different than mine. Today's workout involved 10 rounds. Each round included 2 minutes of walking and 1 minute of running, for a total of 30 minutes of movement. At one point, he turns to me and said that he thinks I'm tricking him into getting in shape. Bingo! You caught on to me. I loved when he let me hold his hand some as we walked around the track. He wasn't the happiest kid on the track, but his tune changed when he completed his goal. He started telling people about his accomplishment, and he got positive feedback. I heard pride in voice each time he talked of his achievement.
Princess completed 3 laps tonight. She is still probably worn out from last night when she kept racing a gentleman named Jeff. He got her to run a mile, as well as walk 2 extra laps with him.
Tonight at 6 began the registration open window for church camp. When I tried the site at 6:40, I was #124 in line. 40 minutes later I was able to begin registering Champ. After another 25 minutes, the kid was officially signed up for camp. Thankfully, Champ successfully encouraged Princess to take a shower during this time. She beat her previous record...tonight's shower was only 5 minutes and 30 seconds. I've been giving her a 7 minute time limit in an effort to reduce our water consumption and bill.
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