My mom used to run laps around the high school track when I had football practice. So she used to do about 4-5 miles at about a 10-12 min/mile back in the early 2000s. When I picked up running in 2012, she got inspired to pick it back up again. She ran the Disney 5k in 2014, Disney 10k in 2015, Disney HM in 2016, Disney M in 2017, and Dopey in 2018 (age 61 I believe). She's done a smattering of races throughout the process with me as well. She plans to run the Disney HM in 2020. I don't run with her, but we have running discussions all the time. More so when she was really just getting into the longer distances. But she's SUPER stubborn. She hates the idea of "train slow to race fast" regardless of the data I show her. She likes competing on the treadmills with the local 20 somethings and "beating them".
She has a hard time dropping that Type A, super competitive personality.
My younger sister picked up running slightly before I did in 2012 and ran 5k through marathon. But she's slowed down on running with hip, knee, and back issues. We've had a few conversations about running, but nothing extensive.
My wife, Steph, picked up running before I did in 2012 as well. She saw it as a means to get healthier. And she did well enough with it that it partially inspired me to try running as well in the summer of 2012 as a means to continue my weight loss. We used to "run together" because at the time we didn't have my daughter yet. I say "run together" because we would leave the house together and start running at the same time, but we ran at our own paces. We turned it into a little game where we'd both start at the same time and run for the same duration, but I'd have to go further. Whoever finished first had to add a little distance to the next run to try and even us out. Led to some epic sprints down the streets to see who would finish first. Used to do something similar back when we played 1v1 full court bball. She's done a few races, including some Disney HMs. But the running has definitely tapered off for her as G has gotten older. We used to trade off days of working out or day/evening. But eventually she decided it was too much for her. These days we do 80DO at 4:30am instead as our morning routine together (and G just sleeps). She listens to my running discussions whenever I go off on my tangents.
My daughter started run racing from the beginning with a diaper dash before she was one back in Disney 2015. She's done a few 100m races at Disney, a 400m race locally, a 1000m race locally, and we've got a few more planned throughout the year. She likes spectating and participating. We don't have in-depth conversations about running though as she's only 5. We've done one training run together and I imagine we'll do a few more once it gets warmer out.
