7 a.m. 2 slow miles with Grace for tri training. She is a dancer, so is accustomed to stopping after going for 3-4 minutes. She did the first mile faster than usual (9:30) but slowed enough in the second to hit her typical 10 minute average. We have 5 weeks to go... I dropped her home and took Jack and Ash on a bike to Freedom Hills. On the way, I began to wonder if these meandering ponderous miles herding cats are really doing much good, or if I'm fooling myself as to their benefit. Everyone says recovery miles can't be too slow, but I wonder if I've crossed that threshold. I'm always glad to have children along, but if the training benefit is negligible, then why don't I just stay home with them and play the Wii? Anyhow, feeling guilty about running so lazily, I did one up-down on the switchback trail pushing Jack. At least I got 6.5 minutes of high heart-rate. I need to make a marathon training plan for Huntsville. Cart before horse; I need to register...
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