Is your child old enough to run a 5K Race?

Cleveland Clinic sought to answer this question

in Spring 2024 :

health.clevelandclinic.org/born-to-run-how-young-is-too-young-to-run-a-race

source author / interviewee

Gary Calabrese, PT, DPT

". . .no clear cut rule when it comes

to a focused running program. . .

if your child ask to start regularly

running at any point,. . .nobody

agrees on how much running

should be done when kids are young. . ."

Age 8 - 12 :this is a good age to try

a 5K (3.1 mile race)

if your child wants to enter a race.

For racing at ages 13 - 15

consider a 10K or a half-marathon

[online article does emphasize

problem of overuse injuries].