Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Recovery
So it is now about a week after the big 5K race (Black Cat Chase) that I organize. We ended up with 1060 registered participants...quite a lot for this little town. It was the most we had ever had for the race, so I now have even more work to do next year to top this year. Race website link.
The original plan was for Mom to come up and take care of the girls while Anna and I ran the race. Yes, I can run it even though I organize it - trust me, there is not much to do while the runners are out on the course. With Lauren on bedrest and Malcolm in Australia, Mom headed up to Huntsville instead to take care of her. So Anna pushed Freya and I pushed Emma in the strollers. The race starts at 7pm and Freya goes to sleep about that time now. Long story short, Anna walked about 1/2 mile and then turned around and went straight to the car to go home.
So I have Emma for our third "Stroller 5K" of the year. It was sort of wet and chilly, so Emma has on rain boots and roughly 6 layers of clothes. I'm concerned that I am going to have to walk since she weighs about 15 pounds more than normal and there is a big hill in the middle of the race. Turned out the cooler weather helped me a little bit. Ran in 24:55 (about 8 minutes per mile pace) and we finished 2nd in the stroller division with our PR (personal record) for the year. No, there is no stroller division, but I'm considering having one next year. I'm not sure what time the first place stoller finished, but last year he passed me in a race with his kid and I didn't have a stroller.
Best things about pushing Emma during a race:
1. She cheers the entire time - "Go Daddy Go!" - over and over and over and over....
2. She thinks we win every time. She is so sure, that I start thinking we actually won.
3. I have somebody to talk to during the race.
Emma was stuck with me, so she got to help with the finish line, raffle prizes and the awards. She also got to eat a big Cinnamon Crunch bagel from Panera...if you haven't had one then you need to try it. We didn't get home until 9:45pm or so and she was out like a light as soon as her head hit the pillow.
Because of my involvement with the race for the last couple of weeks, I have pretty much neglected the rest of my work responsibilities. I have spent all week just trying to recover and go through the piles of paper on my desk. I think I have finally caught up because there are only about two big piles left...that is the norm.
Gotta go...big Halloween weekend coming up.
The original plan was for Mom to come up and take care of the girls while Anna and I ran the race. Yes, I can run it even though I organize it - trust me, there is not much to do while the runners are out on the course. With Lauren on bedrest and Malcolm in Australia, Mom headed up to Huntsville instead to take care of her. So Anna pushed Freya and I pushed Emma in the strollers. The race starts at 7pm and Freya goes to sleep about that time now. Long story short, Anna walked about 1/2 mile and then turned around and went straight to the car to go home.
So I have Emma for our third "Stroller 5K" of the year. It was sort of wet and chilly, so Emma has on rain boots and roughly 6 layers of clothes. I'm concerned that I am going to have to walk since she weighs about 15 pounds more than normal and there is a big hill in the middle of the race. Turned out the cooler weather helped me a little bit. Ran in 24:55 (about 8 minutes per mile pace) and we finished 2nd in the stroller division with our PR (personal record) for the year. No, there is no stroller division, but I'm considering having one next year. I'm not sure what time the first place stoller finished, but last year he passed me in a race with his kid and I didn't have a stroller.
Best things about pushing Emma during a race:
1. She cheers the entire time - "Go Daddy Go!" - over and over and over and over....
2. She thinks we win every time. She is so sure, that I start thinking we actually won.
3. I have somebody to talk to during the race.
Emma was stuck with me, so she got to help with the finish line, raffle prizes and the awards. She also got to eat a big Cinnamon Crunch bagel from Panera...if you haven't had one then you need to try it. We didn't get home until 9:45pm or so and she was out like a light as soon as her head hit the pillow.
Because of my involvement with the race for the last couple of weeks, I have pretty much neglected the rest of my work responsibilities. I have spent all week just trying to recover and go through the piles of paper on my desk. I think I have finally caught up because there are only about two big piles left...that is the norm.
Gotta go...big Halloween weekend coming up.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Numbers
5/27/09 - Anna turns 33. Turns out that also is her due date for baby #3. Should be an exciting time! We have decided (at least for now) not to find out the gender since we have with the last two. Everyone has told us that we are going to have another girl...the blog poll shows differently though.
12:05 - I signed Emma up for a kids one mile fun run last night. Grammy and PopPop took her to the event since Anna and I had dinner plans. I wasn't sure if she would be able to run the whole thing, but turns out that she is pretty fast. She won the Pre-school Girls age group and got a trophy. When I told her how proud I was, she responded with "I'm proud of myself too
623 - The current # of people signed up for the 5k run I organize at work...last year we had this many about 90 minutes before the race started. Race is one week out, so hopefully we can get to my goal of 1000.
12:05 - I signed Emma up for a kids one mile fun run last night. Grammy and PopPop took her to the event since Anna and I had dinner plans. I wasn't sure if she would be able to run the whole thing, but turns out that she is pretty fast. She won the Pre-school Girls age group and got a trophy. When I told her how proud I was, she responded with "I'm proud of myself too
623 - The current # of people signed up for the 5k run I organize at work...last year we had this many about 90 minutes before the race started. Race is one week out, so hopefully we can get to my goal of 1000.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Weekends
Aren't they great?! Busy one here for us today, but should be fun. Going to the KSU homecoming parade this morning, then Emma's last soccer game at 11, then a birthday party at 2pm. I hopefully will be settling down to watch some football after that...
All is well on the home front here.
Hopefully will post a soccer video later today.
All is well on the home front here.
Hopefully will post a soccer video later today.
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