Chug-along-chica!

Oh Man!  I skipped my morning 3 because I was up jillions of times with little Adam, who was having a Puke-a-thon.  Gross!  Thank goodness James was there to help.  Now I'll have to run tonight. 

I just ran my oldest to school and set it up with the office to pick him up on foot too.  So that will give me 2.5 miles on weekdays.  So I just need at least 2.5 in the morning alone to get to 5 every day.  That sounds like cake to me, so I am excited. 

.7 later with the boys in tow.  I broke my double jogging stroller!  It's still usable, a little, but I don't know how much longer I have until it breaks the rest of the way.  It's totally my fault, I only locked one of the side supports (on accident).  So all the pressure was on the other side. 

I felt sick in the evening--very gurgly in the midsection and nauseated.  Skipped my evening run in order to stay within 10 yards of a REAL bathroom.  But I'm bummed because now Sasha can say that I "slipped".  : (

FINALLY!  Christine is back.  Hallelujah!!!  Have I told you all recently how much I love running with Christine?  1,000 times better.  I thought I would struggle today because I felt pretty sick last night, but I was fine--buoyed up by the never-ending stream of conversation.  2.8 miles in 10:11, 10:02 and 9:49 pace for the .8.

Finished running to and from school--2.4 with the mangled jogging stroller.  I feel good enough that I almost feel a little like I am cheating!  Are you guys absolutely sure that I will increase fitness better by running 5 miles each day (in three mini runs) than 3.5 all at once?

2.6 miles in the morning, partly with Holly, and partly alone.  I'm gonna start bringing my pepper spray!  It's getting so dark so early these days.

2.4 Running my son to and from school.  I finally broke the stroller the rest of the way. : ( 

On my Instep double jogging stroller there is a clip-like thing on each side that I have to push down (after unfolding the stroller) to keep the stroller from folding up while running.  A couple of days ago I broke one of the clippy things off because I didn't realize I had only clipped one side.  Too much strain for one clippy, I guess.  So I've been running with just the other side clipped, and just trying to be careful with it.  He he.  Being cautious has never been my strong suit.  Without functional clippies, the stroller tries to fold up if I allow any pressure on the handle bar.  So I can't turn it by raising the front wheel the way I usually do.

So this is me.. about .7 miles from home....jogging along, pulling UP on the handlebar.  Oh NO!  Here comes a turn.  Stop.  Lift the back two wheels off the ground (not to mention the 75 lbs. of offspring) grunt a little and carry it about 3 feet to the side.  Resume running.  Definitely a good biceps workout for me!  I hope hope hope I can buy parts to fix my stroller, as it has become a rather important part of my workout plan.

2.86 miles with Christine--splits of 10:11, 9:55 and 9:38 pace for the .86.  I felt like I had to push it just a little to keep up with her. 

2.5 miles taking my son to and from school with the double jogging stroller.  Apparently athletic tape is not the most effective stroller binding material.  I had to almost carry the darn thing (with two of my kids in it) about half a mile.  Maybe duct tape will work...somebody call Red-Green!

3.5 in the morning with Christine.  34:59 for the whole run, so about 10:00 pace. 

1.5 in the evening alone and just a titch scared of the dark.  9:37 pace.  A bit faster than usual, but I was a little anxious to get back home!

Today was my son's birthday, and I did a very brave thing.  I threw my very first friend b-day party!  Yea!  We had all his favorite buddies come decorate cupcakes and make little baggies for piñata guts.  The kids had a lot of fun...and I ate a cupcake.  I'm in trouble now!

It makes me wonder what super healthy familes do with the holidays.  We're almost to Sugar-een, Stuff-Your-Gut-Giving, and Here Comes Sugar Claus.  Any ideas how to keep the spirit of these holidays alive (especially for little kids), without dragging the poor body violently up and down the glycemic index?  I should put this on the message board, but I'm feeling shy.  You all know how shy I am (ha ha).

5 Miles all at once, for a change.  Probably the best 5 miler of my life--49:17 (ave. pace 9:51).  Did not have a single mile above 9:55.  Christine made the difference.   This is the first Sat. run she has been able to do with me.  It is so much easier to keep a steady pace when I run with her!  Plus the time just flies by while we talk.  I think we scared off one guy who was going about our pace by discussing the *ahem* details of our labor stories.  He he he.  Another one bites the dust...