This past weekend a 6 year old ran a marathon with his entire family -- you can find them at @fightfortogether on Instagram. They finished as an entire family in 8.5 hours.
The Flying Pig Marathon released a statement saying "the flying pig marathon takes the safety and security of all participants very seriously. We receive numerous requests for special accommodations each year and carefully evaluate each one. Our goal is to provide a positive race experience for all participants while supporting them along the course."
Wait, you still control your daughter’s personal decisions when she is/was 23? Talk about helicopter parenting…
Yeah, wtf? I find this incredibly disturbing
Geez, people. In my experience, the "helicopter parent" is a notion that was made up by disinterested parents to justify themselves doing the bare minimum. It's like calling the kid who actually does his homework a nerd. Normalize doing less to feel better about yourself.
I'm not going to wash my hands of my kids on their 18th birthdays just to make you feel better.
This past weekend a 6 year old ran a marathon with his entire family -- you can find them at @fightfortogether on Instagram. They finished as an entire family in 8.5 hours.
The Flying Pig Marathon released a statement saying "the flying pig marathon takes the safety and security of all participants very seriously. We receive numerous requests for special accommodations each year and carefully evaluate each one. Our goal is to provide a positive race experience for all participants while supporting them along the course."
surely this isn't ok? The family said the kid begged them to do it, but what 6 year old knows how hard a marathon is?
. This was over 4 years ago. And these kids are 6, so you either are way off on the years or someone else did it too. I don't know, but it seems common if it's the 2nd. Just hit a search on YouTube. Now are these kids going to be great runners?? There is a 9 year old girl running 17 flat for 5k. History shows that most give it up later.
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Between the ages of 18 and 23 I moved out of my parents' place to a different state, lived abroad for a bit, became financially independent, got a college degree, dealt with a number of sh*tty landlords, held jobs, had relationships and breakups, voted, etc. I think these are all fairly normal things for young adults to experience and learn to navigate on their own. I had friends who came back from a couple tours in Afghanistan before they were 23, do you think their parents should have been telling them what they could and couldn't do while they were deployed?
I don't think anyone's saying you should be washing your hands of your kids, but - absent any other context - not "allowing" your adult child to run a marathon seems a bit controlling to me.
You might think a 6 year old shouldn't walk marathons but the fact is nobody ran any marathons here. They walked.
I never ran a single mile until I turned 13 but I walked plenty. Walking is a total nothingburger.
I once walked 26 miles in one day and it felt like a normal day. Didn't feel like I got a workout in.
As that marathon announcer would say, go to your local high school track and walk a lap in 5 minutes. That's what they did.
Anyways I know this will get downvoted but I just wanted to emphasize one more time that nobody ran nothin. They walked.
No, he ran. It just took 8.5 hours, probably because he apparently wanted to sit down every 3 minutes later in the race. The ran from Corral B which is supposed to be for 3:16-3:40 marathoners.
Yes, we do a pacer test in my elementary - a progressive beep test (15 or 20 meters per beep). Top kids usually tap out around 7:30 mile average, 100 laps- keep in mind you have to start and stop all the time.
This is such a BS justification from the RD. The family said that the RD comped their entries and encouraged them to run. And that a few years ago when the RD found out their kids bandited the event, she brought them medals to their house to reward them
This is such a BS justification from the RD. The family said that the RD comped their entries and encouraged them to run. And that a few years ago when the RD found out their kids bandited the event, she brought them medals to their house to reward them
i’m so angry right now. these abusive influencer parents forced their 6 YEAR OLD CHILD to walk the entire flying pig marathon 26.2 miles despite the marathon only being for 18+ year olds. AND THE RACE DIRECTOR GREEN LIT IT. this is unacceptable @Local12@WLWT@FOX19@WCPOpic.twitter.com/Bp4Y4cO47X
Screen shot of the post where the Crawfords say the race director has gone out of her way to help them, even knowing they had bandit-ed. The race is totally just trying to save face by saying that they knew they'd bandit regardless.
Also isn't a 6Y/O bandit basically the easiest one to catch ever? It's painfully obvious that they're not meant to be out there because of their age.
A lotta people saying he walked, that 8.5 hours is walking. That's because he IS 6 YEARS OLD and can't run for that long. To his body it's all the same, he physically can't run so he has to walk. This whole thing is sad.
I despise the glorification of young kids running marathons starting with teenagers and now it gets younger and younger.
Honestly, marathon race directors should feel empowered to insist on 18+. You really shouldn't be running a marathon younger than that.
Reading puff pieces about teenagers running marathons is vomit inducing--some of them run good times and some even qualify for OT. They run like 2:40 something but get a LOT of attention because of their age. Writers of these stupid pieces characterize them as precocious and a "prodigy" but really there are a lot of teenagers who are overeager and want to do more but most have RESPONSIBLE adults who pull up the reigns.
Don't indulge your child's every whim and wish. Adults should have wisdom and know when to impart that. Teen's bodies are still developing. They also are kids, no matter how precocious they seem to be. The best thing is for them to be with their friends doing things together, not separating themselves from their age group and isolating themselves. Most teenage "prodigies" leave the sport and don't return.
As for a six year old? let us not dance around this issue. It's child abuse. The post was really hard to read. Knowing how devastated the kid was to reach the food station after straining for so long and finding it empty broke my heart. When you are an adult and choose to put yourself through an endurance event, you go in with the mindset and understanding. But a child, who did not choose to, who cannot conceptualize 26.2 miles is pure torture. It's akin to a d**th march.
I really hope that these kids are given some semblance of autonomy. I wonder what lifestyles they'd have chosen for themselves if they had the choice.
A 6-year-old was forced to move at a rate of 4.5 feet per second for 8.5 hours. Regardless of any legal definition, that was child abuse even if the parents cannot be prosecuted.
I pity that kid. Its anyone's guess as to what other maniacal schemes the parents have planned for him.
I continued with a marathon each year until I was 17. About then they said you had to be 18, which I thought was ridiculous at the time. After each marathon, I had stomach issues and a sore knee.
"In all, we easily covered 25 miles over the course of a day."
"I also remember summer play when, between the various outdoor games, pickup soccer games, going for a snack in the neighboring shopping area, etc, I would clock 20-30miles per day."
There's a lot of mayonnaise on those numbers.
You're vastly overestimating just how far you would cover in a day. You kind of sound like my granddad, who would tell stories about walking 10 miles to school and back, everyday, uphill both ways.
I don't think you realise just how far 25, let alone 30 miles is. Put your GPS watch on next time you do one of these little adventures, as I think you'll get a bit of a surprise. I doubt you'd do even a third of the distance you've listed.
Everybody calm down. The kid will be okay. If the kid does not run anymore after this then its not the end of the world. Sheesh how did humanity go from surviving much worse things to wondering if a family is harming a kid by allowing him to race a marathon? My great grandfather left the house in his early teens and started working for himself 80+years ago. Toughen up for f**ks sake!
I despise the glorification of young kids running marathons starting with teenagers and now it gets younger and younger.
Honestly, marathon race directors should feel empowered to insist on 18+. You really shouldn't be running a marathon younger than that.
Reading puff pieces about teenagers running marathons is vomit inducing--some of them run good times and some even qualify for OT. They run like 2:40 something but get a LOT of attention because of their age. Writers of these stupid pieces characterize them as precocious and a "prodigy" but really there are a lot of teenagers who are overeager and want to do more but most have RESPONSIBLE adults who pull up the reigns.
Don't indulge your child's every whim and wish. Adults should have wisdom and know when to impart that. Teen's bodies are still developing. They also are kids, no matter how precocious they seem to be. The best thing is for them to be with their friends doing things together, not separating themselves from their age group and isolating themselves. Most teenage "prodigies" leave the sport and don't return.
As for a six year old? let us not dance around this issue. It's child abuse. The post was really hard to read. Knowing how devastated the kid was to reach the food station after straining for so long and finding it empty broke my heart. When you are an adult and choose to put yourself through an endurance event, you go in with the mindset and understanding. But a child, who did not choose to, who cannot conceptualize 26.2 miles is pure torture. It's akin to a d**th march.
I really hope that these kids are given some semblance of autonomy. I wonder what lifestyles they'd have chosen for themselves if they had the choice.