jnka825
Cathlete
Hey guys! Yesterday was a rest day. I was too tired to do anything, so I stayed on the couch watching Bravo tv until my son's baseball games started. The first game was at 4. A student of mine was on the opposing team. I was sitting behind home plate and he was the first batter for the team. He stepped up to the plate and when he saw me he got all excited. He hit a foul and I commented on how it was a strong hin\t. He smiled at me and then hit a powerful line drive. He got on first and points to me and says, that was for you. Then he turns to the first baseman, my son, and says, that was for my English teacher. My son sees he's pointing to me and asks who? The student says my name and my son says,\ that's my mom! It was so cute. At the end of the game, they shook hands and gave each other a fist bump. Too cute. It made my night.
Today I got up early to get in my first official long run in my training plan. 8 miles. 8 miles should not have been this hard today, but the humidity is at 100%, and even though I started at 6:45 this morning, I was drenched. I wanted to stop at mile 5 because my pace sucked and the humidity was killing me, but I saw a turtle. It reminded me of the story of the tortoise and the hare. . . slow and steady wins the race. I accepted the fact that my pace would suck the whole way, but better to push through it then quit. Besides training in the humidity will make the marathon in November that much easier. There will be no humidity the day of the race, that is for sure. I finished in 1:25:03. Just happy to get the miles in.
Not much else to report. We had a good 4th at my neighbor's house. Getting ready to eat breakfast and then my DS has two more baseball games today.
Belinda- that poor pup being afraid of the fireworks. I am lucky that Baxter isn't afraid. . . when he is in the house. When he needed to go to the bathroom before bed, they were still lighting them up. I went outside with him and he peed and then he ran as fast as he could, bad leg and all, to the back door to be let inside. He did not want to be outside at all.
Deb- the boys are loving summer so far. My younger DS is not a sports kid, but I signed up him for a summer drama club. He starts on Monday and is all very excited.
BBL,
Kristin
Today I got up early to get in my first official long run in my training plan. 8 miles. 8 miles should not have been this hard today, but the humidity is at 100%, and even though I started at 6:45 this morning, I was drenched. I wanted to stop at mile 5 because my pace sucked and the humidity was killing me, but I saw a turtle. It reminded me of the story of the tortoise and the hare. . . slow and steady wins the race. I accepted the fact that my pace would suck the whole way, but better to push through it then quit. Besides training in the humidity will make the marathon in November that much easier. There will be no humidity the day of the race, that is for sure. I finished in 1:25:03. Just happy to get the miles in.
Not much else to report. We had a good 4th at my neighbor's house. Getting ready to eat breakfast and then my DS has two more baseball games today.
Belinda- that poor pup being afraid of the fireworks. I am lucky that Baxter isn't afraid. . . when he is in the house. When he needed to go to the bathroom before bed, they were still lighting them up. I went outside with him and he peed and then he ran as fast as he could, bad leg and all, to the back door to be let inside. He did not want to be outside at all.
Deb- the boys are loving summer so far. My younger DS is not a sports kid, but I signed up him for a summer drama club. He starts on Monday and is all very excited.
BBL,
Kristin
