Kids Run OC Training Starts (トレーニング開始)

放課後の校庭で昨日始まった、Kids Run OC Marathon トレーニング。
週に一回の団体トレーニングに加え、今日は親子トレーニングを開始。
初めてのジョギングで慣れていないからだろうか、「ママ、休憩しようよ。」と連続でリクエストしてきた。 往復4キロ程度の道のりで、何回休憩させられただろう．．．。

しかし休憩する度に、近所の丘を色づけ始めているいろんな野花を観察することが出来ました。
家の近所は、鹿も共存する自然に恵まれた場所です。道路わきに設置されている”鹿にご注意”のサインに、励ましてもらいながらの帰り坂道（結構急なんだこれが）。 坂を登りきると、西の空にキレイな夕日が待っていてくれました。

The group training for Kids Run OC Marathon has started for my 7 year old this week.
In addition to the weekly group training, we started Mommy & Me training today.

It's his first real jogging experience ever.  As his mind and body is not used to running a long distance yet, he often asked me if he can take a break during our run (a way to many breaks for just 2 mile run). 

Every time we took a break, we were able to enjoy different spring wild flowers started to decorate the hills with pretty colors.  Believe or not, you could encounter deers in our neighborhood, so there is a deer sign on the side of the road.  As matter of fact, my husband hit a mother deer on his way home from his late night outing  few years ago, and he had to replace the front bumper and side door of his car.