3 miles in the wee hours.

Running this morning was really great... well... everything was great except the hauling my fat ass outta bed at 5:30 in the am. I ran slow and steady, breathing was calm and heart-rate was never above 70% of max. I saw a lot of ducks, several bunny rabbits and one great-blue heron that took off over my head as I was running by. I averaged just over a 10 minute/mile pace. I guess there isn't much interesting to say about running... especially when you're going to be doing so very much of it every week, so I won't bore you with any more.

I think Alissa convinced me to go with a more beginner schedule for the half-marathon training... I think the intermediate schedule would have gotten a bit overwhelming around the mid point. So I've got my calendar mostly set up and I'll try to figure out how to get it posted as a chart that I can use to check off my runs and other workouts on a daily basis. Thanks everyone for all of the information and support in the comments as well... it's been so VALUABLE to me as I move into this completely new area of fitness training.

In other news, I hate shots... I hate even more when my kids get shots. Val HATES shots and luckily today was the very last shot he needs to get until he's 12+ years old. HOORAY! We had to hold him down tho, and that sucked... he screamed, cried, got some stickers and promptly got over it. We've got him ramped up to his full dose of concerta again as well and I thought I'd mention that my hubbys parents were AMAZED at the difference in his behavior with the full dose on board. Honestly it is like night and day. He's NOT zonked out, or sedated at all... he's just more easy-going. Doesn't get freaked out about every little thing... doesn't harass his brother, lets things go more easily... can follow more than one instruction in sequence and will focus on his toys and play for more than 30 seconds at a time... its like he's a normal kid. Don't get me wrong... he'll still throw a tantrum or snag a toy from his brother if he thinks he can get away with it (which he can't)... but otherwise, he's a pretty awesome child.

Posted by Lexy at August 17, 2004 12:54 PM