My Son wants to do the 1/2 marathon with us!

[Princess Nancy]

I am going to do the 1/2 Marathon in January along with DH. My son, who will be 14 in July wants to do it too.
I am new to running. I am training hard and this will be my first race. Should I let him run? Is he too young? What are your thoughts?


Also technical questions...When I sign him up, I see I'll need to sign the waiver for him, will I need to bring any ID for him? Will he need anything special for the race? I can't imagine what...just trying to cover all my bases...just really did not plan on him doing this too.

My Mom is traveling with us to watch the kids, so that is not an issue.

Thanks so much!!!!!
Nancy

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

he's not too young--14yo's are theoretically old enough for a full-size half marathon. Isn't Minnie just the 9 miles. As long as he could promise to train (at least some)--he will be fine. A healthy 14yo male could run it just for the heck of it--but never a wise thing to do even if their body can handle it.

Any race you will always need to sign for him until he is 18yo. According to another thread, nothing special will be required and the min age for the race is 11 (I think--could be mixing it up with another race). At 14 he will certainly be old enough as that is the min for the WDW half.

Tell him to go for it!

 

[debm]

think he would be fine at that age. Are you talking about the Minnie Marathon 15K in May 2007 or the Disney 1/2 marathon in January 07? If he has never raced before the Minnie might be more feasible. It is just a smaller scale race plus you don't go as far. Good luck training with him and have fun!

 

[Princess Nancy]

Oops! I must have typed late at night.

I meant the Half Marathon in January.

He has now decided not to do it. Says he will do a 10 K in the fall with me.

Thanks!!