Me and my DH, both active but quite unfit, are just venturing out on a few runs. My son (3.5 years) wants to join us and has gone with DH a few times, quite happily covering a distance of approx 1 mile.
Although DH thinks I'm using this as an excuse to take it easy, I don't want to go any further than this with my son at his young age as I have no idea if running regularly is good for him?
We encourage activity in all sorts of ways, he loves biking, swimming, walking and general running around and physical play. Obviously an active healthy lifestyle is a good thing but I can't help but compare to my basic knowledge of puppies for example, who shouldn't cover long distances over concerns about joint and muscle development.
We're not seriously training and happy to keep it fun, especially when he chooses to join in. I'd just like some weight to my argument that we should limit what son does in terms of distance to prevent injury..otherwise my husband would be quite happy to 'build him up'. Would welcome the opinions of anyone more informed on the subject, thanks.
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twirlytwit · 27/08/2016 18:01
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