The Four I Trek For
My children are a major influence in my running, I run both to model for them a healthy lifestyle that includes being physically active and taking time to care for yourself. I also run because being a parent is hard and running is an opportunity to escape some of that stress and take time for myself to renew. I thought I would share a little about each of my children in the next couple of posts (with their permission). My oldest is Luke, he is 11 and in grade 6, he is my serious child, from a young age he was asking big questions and thinking deeply about the world around him. At home Luke is quiet and thoughtful, at school he is a bit of a class clown. Luke's passion is soccer and he has worked hard to play for one of our local rep soccer teams, Norval Croatia. Luke is a wonderful big brother and excitedly welcomed each of his siblings, when we were expecting our youngest Evelyn Anne, he told his Nana that he loved her already even thoug...