Long story short, grade 2 son's teacher typically makes his class do laps of the school before class starts. One lap = 500m and they get a Popsicle stick for each lap. On average he and his friends do about 2km ~ 3km. We have been keeping this up with him being at home for the past few months.
For May, his teacher announced a contest - the student with the most KM's for the month of May will get a prize. This has given him lots of motivation...May 1st we did 4km, and from May 2nd until now we've been doing 5km per day (weekends off). We take breaks along the way, and he probably walks about 20% of the 5km.
Is this too much? i'm certainly not pushing him, in fact he argues if i tell him i dont have time to do all 5km. Occasionally we split up the 5km into two 2.5km.
Once May is over he will be back to 2km i'm sure.
Is this too much running? Any concerns?
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For May, his teacher announced a contest - the student with the most KM's for the month of May will get a prize. This has given him lots of motivation...May 1st we did 4km, and from May 2nd until now we've been doing 5km per day (weekends off). We take breaks along the way, and he probably walks about 20% of the 5km.
Is this too much? i'm certainly not pushing him, in fact he argues if i tell him i dont have time to do all 5km. Occasionally we split up the 5km into two 2.5km.
Once May is over he will be back to 2km i'm sure.
Is this too much running? Any concerns?
C