{"id":218,"date":"2015-04-23T15:06:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T22:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?p=218"},"modified":"2015-04-23T15:06:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T22:06:59","slug":"is-8-years-old-too-young-to-run-ultra-marathons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/is-8-years-old-too-young-to-run-ultra-marathons\/","title":{"rendered":"Is 8 Years Old too Young to Run Ultra-Marathons?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/6-4-e1429826715896.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-219 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/6-4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"n 8 year old Ultra Marathon Runner\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Meet <strong>Teagan Redden<\/strong> an 8 year old <strong>Ultra Marathon<\/strong> <strong>Runner<\/strong>. Both her and her 11 years old brother <strong>Tajh Redden <\/strong>are accomplished Ultra Marathon <strong>Runners<\/strong>, <strong>Richard Diaz<\/strong> and <strong>Vanessa Runs<\/strong> beg the question, what\u2019s too young to run?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Running<\/strong> an ultra-marathon is no simple task for anyone, <strong>running<\/strong> these great distances while only 8 years old is unthinkable. Listen as we interview the parents of two child prodigies\u2019 who have already accomplished what few children in the world could dream of.<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Is 8 Years Old too Young to Run Ultra-Marathons?\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2015-04-23T15:06:59-07:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H01M08S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Too Young to Run? 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