A Crazy Week

Ok, the last week has been pretty crazy. On the 27th we had a baby boy so we were in the hospital through Sunday. I took a week off of work to spend with the family and then on Thursday was laid off. I have had a lot of time to run this week and looks like I will have more coming.

On Monday I went for a short run of 2 miles. I took my toddler and his library books in the stroller and ran him to the library to return the old books and get some new ones. So even though it was a short run I was pushing a good 60 pounds the whole time.

Tueday was a bike ride to the grocery and back again with the toddler in the baby seat. I have been spending a lot of time with him to get him out of the house.

Wednesday I went for a longer run, 3.4 miles. It felt pretty good. Here is the graph.



Thursday was another bike ride, this time to the park with the toddler. Then I found out I no longer had a job.

Friday I needed to go for a long run to relax and think. I put in about 4 miles along the water listening to my mello mix which consists mostly of Bob Marley. I have to say when I was looking out over the water and Bob kept telling me "Everyting would be alright" I felt pretty good. Here is the graph.

A little Behind in Mileage

So I am a little behind in mileage right now. I really have not been getting my runs in. As much as I try I am just busy all hours of the day. This past Friday and Saturday however I played in a Volleyball tournament so that was a lot of calorie burning. I was still sore on Tuesday from it and found it hard to move. I am feeling better today though and will run tomorrow. I am also going to pull the road bike out of the shed and get it ready for Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat rides. I am sure I will only get 1 or 2 in a week but I have to try.

Quick Pic From the Race

A Rough Week but a Nice Recovery

So I ran my 3 miles 2 Saturdays ago and then I had a couple weeks of traveling and an illness that ran the gamut of nose to sinus to throat to lungs. It was terrible and sidelined me for a while. So after about 2 weeks of very minimal running I was feeling demotivated. The cure of course for me is to race. Get out there and do something fun. Lucky me there are St Pattys day 5ks starting up everywhere and New Haven had one such event, the PLR Shamrock and Roll. I decided the night before to head down to New Haven and regain my motivation. It worked, it was a nice day and a fun race. There were bands on the course and Guinness afterwards. It was no steller performance but it was my second best 5k and more importantly I have successfully regained my focus.

The race was Sunday and already I have put a lift in on Monday, a lift and a run today and I am feeling great.

Saturday 3-Miler

Great Morning Run

I woke up this morning and it was 40 degrees, just beautiful. I decided to take advantage and sneak my run in before work. I blazed a quick 1.5 miles in 12:36. I know it doesn't seem that fast but it is about 1.5 min per mile of my normal pace. I just felt like moving and moving fast this morning. On to the details:

Ran with the little one again

Today was a bit colder than I expected. It looked nice out and about 40 but I guess it was 32 degrees. I tool the little one out int he jogging stroller again, this time I remembered to put a nice 40 pounds of pressure in each tire so it felt a little easier. Still, he is no infant anymore. He is still yelling "Daddy run, fun" all around the house. I am sure glad it was fun for him.