Don’t underestimate the little ones. My boys ran their first 5k’s without stopping.
The first one sort of trained, He was 10. He new he could jog non-stop for 40 minutes but we never “worked out” . He got 27:10 with me running mostly behind him giving little encouragement and tips.
The youngest at age 8 and a little on the pudgy side ran his in thirty minutes with pretty much no training. The brother that ran the 27 the year before ran with him.
If shorter races might be her thing, there are all comers meets several times a year with kids heats in many different distances. Last year my kids did the 400 M and 200M for the first time. Little guy now says he is a sprinter, I am sure it’s because it’s easier than running a 5k. Good experience though.
