Memory Lane

I got a new cell phone! woohoo! It was a gift from the hubs, it allows me to track my running mileage and workouts. It was super sweet of him...but anyways, the real point of my post is that I have to retire my old phone and in the process I transferred all the photos that were stored there to my computer. I got a little teary browsing through the pics that went as far back as our pre-baby trip to Hawaii.

Baby Daddy on a black sand beach on the Big Island

Learning how to diaper a doll in parenting class

The view of my toes while lying down on the couch. Check out that belly! I must've been pretty close to due date

My cheekaboo. Just a couple of hours old...awwww....

There were also some fun pics like these:

Happy Father's Day!

Pancakes for breakfast
Huge burgers for lunch
Nap in the afternoon with his cheekaboo
Driving range as the sun set
What else can a daddy ask for?

Happy Father's Day Daddy!

I LOVE YOU!

I love hills! NOT!!!

Today's run was a doozy. The distance was ok...five miles...but hooooobooy, it was a ROUGH five miles. We ran a nature trail that was all dirt, rocks, sticks, and undulating hills. Oh. My. Golly, Miss Jolly. I was a-huffing and a-puffing, my thighs were on fire, I had some slight cramping in my side and I vaguely remember crying out "Help me mommy!" while running up one of the hills.

What made it worse was that I had to pee so badly after just 1 mile. I guess the jarring of my body while going up and down the hills really did a number on my bladder. I seriously was ready to just pull over and squat behind a bush except for we got a warning about poison oak in the vicinity. GREAT. I considered turning back and heading for the restroom or cutting my run short but I held it and kept going. I started thinking about the chaffing potential of Depends undergarments. Surprise, surprise, by the end of 5 miles I didn't have to 'go' at all..I guess I sweated it all out!

I think this was the hardest workout I've had so far. It was the first time that I called upon my inspiration...those people that I signed up to run for, my honored teammates. I pushed myself to keep going and reminded myself that this physical discomfort does not compare at all to what my Dad, my cousin Lilly, and the rest of my honored teammates experienced. They helped me get through my workout and I pumped my arms just a little bit harder to push me over those hills.

Please, let our next workout be somewhere flat!!!

Watermelon silliness

MMMMMM....I love watermelon!!! Om nyom nyom nyom nyom....

Gulp! Uh Oh...I think I swallowed a seed....

Are you serious? A plant? In my stomach? A whole watermelon in my belly? EWWWWWW!!!!!



What? No? You're just kidding? Are you? Wait...So it's not true?

Bwah haha ha!! Good one! You had me for a minute...Ha!

Happy Birthday Keilah!

Movie Night

We popped in Finding Nemo and Lauren sat through the WHOLE THING! She loved it! Well, except for the sharks.

5 miles? Easy Peasy!

I can't believe what I'm about to say: I ran/walked 5 miles...and I coulda kept going!!

I'm serious! Last Saturday I went 5 miles doing intervals of 1/1 (1 minute running and 1 minute walking) and I felt so good towards the end I felt like I could go another mile or two. I originally started training doing 3/1 intervals until our coach mentioned that Jeff Galloway used to run whole marathons doing 1/1 intervals with respectable times! I thought I'd give it a try and for now I think this is the way to go for me until I can build up a little more endurance. I'm going to try to reach an interval of 7/1 by marathon time in 4 months.

Last week I had a bad case of shin splints but have since learned how to prepare and avoid them. The trick is to warm up the shins well and to do strengthening exercises between runs. One trick our running coach gave was to spell the alphabet with your toes when you're just sitting around. I haven't had any problems on my last two 5 milers so the exercises are working!

We are having a 3 mile time assessment on Wednesday...I hope I've improved my pace in the last month. Wish me luck!