Should you be running your race-day distance during training?

The short answer is obviously no, you shouldn't. Find out which races are no-no's

My daughter is currently doing the ½ mile at the Healthy Kids Running Series.  

She’s 7. 

We got her out for a few jogs during the summer and early fall just to get her legs used to running again.  Sure she runs around, but she doesn’t really run.

We never had any expectations that she’d run the full half mile during any of these runs. We want her to have …