This was a text I received from Corom earlier this morning… “It is never a good idea to take a cat nap 30 min before you’re able to start boarding your plane.”… Need I say more!
We had a cross country meet today. We have a good handful of runners out for injuries but that is normal. We go through this every year. Everyone else ran well… Majority of them ran great times! The boys and girls team took 1st overall. The other teams did well also… It was very close.
Corom sent me these earlier today…
The fishing was not the greatest this week. I guess it has rained a lot on them, making the rivers overflow, making it a little more difficult for them to catch the salmon. He said it still has been a lot if fun!
This is my man!
This is the hill I ran down for my mile repeats (it is actually .94, so almost a mile). Most people around here know it as Harry’s hill (or Heartbreak). I started off with a 10 minute warm up. Then I raced down the hill (pretty steep in some areas). My 1st one was a 4:34. I felt good! I ran slowly back up to the top (it took 8 min to get back up) and then ran an additional 30 sec to run on flat ground. I then took another 30 sec rest/breather before I started my next one. The 2nd “mile” (.94) was a 4:28. My feet felt a little hot on this one. I was happy to have gone faster the 2nd one. It took 8 min to get back up, another 30 sec jog and a 30 rest. The 3rd one: my legs were burning from the start. I told myself that if this one was my fastest time then I would not have to run another… so I picked up my speed. My feet were now on fire, my quads and calfs were burning… I didn’t think I was going to do it. I hit the finish line and looked at my watch. It read 4:25! I was so happy because I was done with my work out. I struggled to run back up (it took 8:15 min to get to the top). I then continued to run for another 7 min for more of a recovery. I ran a total of 56 min and 8+ miles. I am so grateful for my neighbor Stephanie for watching my 2 younger ones so I could do this work out! It felt nice to get out of the house and run.
Corom and I are now coaching our 2nd and 3rd daughter’s soccer teams. My oldest is on a team and a good friend of ours is coaching her team. (4 nights a week, 3 separate games…)
Corom is gone and I held our 1st practice for the pre-schoolers and kindergartener’s… I decided to combine the practices because I am so busy. People thought I was crazy for holding a practice with 16 kids between the ages 4-6 without any help. What they didn’t know was I had LOTS of help. At cross country practice yesterday, I asked 4 of my runners who also play soccer if they would come help me coach. They came and did so well with the little kids! They helped me out so much… They took care of the drills and the basics of soccer and the little kids loved having them there.
Mother Racer 