Sorry, I have not been blogging. I have actually been running, just not blogging about the running. But I know people like to know that I am actually running. So, here we go.
Let me give a roundup so we can all be up to speed.
Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011
I had trouble sleeping that Monday night, and by 4 a.m. Tuesday I knew there was no way I'd be able to get up at 6 a.m. I shut off my alarm. I did actually get up at 6:30 just in case anyone really did want to join my running club. I then went back to bed.
I had it in my mind that I would try to go for a run with the boys later, but then it was raining.
Ok, so I definitely slacked off.
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
I went on a 48-minute run at my usual time. Some unusual sights from the run:
Someone had scattered playing cards all over Greenridge Drive.
Coming back on Wygant, I spotted Amy's Great Uncle Glenn on the way out to get his morning newspaper. I waved at him, and he recognized me. He raised his hand at me.
"Can I come along with you?" said this 90-something year old man.
"Sure," I said, "Come along."
He very gently waved off the idea. "I don't think I could," he said.
Then, back on Greenridge Drive, just as I was reaching Ridge Road, I see my nephew Bradley driving his car, making the turn from Middle Road onto Ridge. He'd been visiting his friend's house up the road.
Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011
I ran a mile with the boys, but with a twist. This time, Romeo joined us. He'd been whining while we were stretching in the front yard. The thought occurred to me that maybe he should come along. But while I was stretching -- with my back to the house -- I was watching Jack at the tree swings. Something startled Jack and he hurt himself slightly on the swing.
What startled him was the sight of Romeo bounding through the front door. We quickly grabbed him and put him inside, but when we were done stretching, I went back in and got Romeo.
He ran with just, usually just in front of Liam. The interesting thing about that is it was similar to the Wii Fit running program where your character runs by following a puppy. Liam liked that.
Jack did not finish his run. He had some pain in the right side of his chest, so I had him stop. Liam finished the run in 16:26 which would be a new record for him, until his next run. He finished ahead of Romeo, who was clearly "doggin' it" by the end.
After the run with the boys, I did a 40-minute run on my own.
Friday, Aug. 12, 2011
I started out the run with lots of optimism and energy, intending to run for a full hour for the first time in a while. Unfortunately, I just completely ran out of steam at about 20 minutes. I felt not just tired, but shaky. I decided I had not eaten enough pasta recently. I walked home, so my 20-minute run was followed by a 30-minute walk.
I felt tired and shaky for most of the day.
Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011
I ran a mile with the boys again. Romeo did not join us this time. But Jack had the chest pain trouble again, and it reminds me that I need to get him in for his annual checkup at the doctor's soon. To give you a heads up, he did not feel this pain on Monday. But he did get himself overheated.
Anyway, Liam ran well. He finished his mile in 16:06, another record.
Afterwards, I ran 48 minutes on my own. I am still not covering as much ground as I did a month ago, but I'm slowly making improvements. The week that I laid off is still affecting me.
On Sunday, I did not run, which I had planned on. However, I ate too much at the breakfast with Amy's family at the American Legion. So, I walked home to help burn that off. That was about a mile and a half.
But then Sunday night, I had a stomach ache. I do not know if it was related to what I ate earlier. But I still felt discomfort in my stomach on Monday morning, so I did not run Monday.
Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011
I ran 51:31 on my own. I ran out for 24 minutes and came back much slower than I went out. Oh well, I seem to remember reading somewhere that it is on the very slow jogs that you actually burn off more fat. So, either way it was good for me.
When I got back, I took the boys and Romeo on the mile run. But Jack got overheated. He did not drink enough water beforehand. And this time Liam complained of pain that he felt in his foot, and then his knee, and then his other knee. So, no one finished the mile run today.
The moving pain that Liam describes reminds me of what it was like to have Lyme Disease. I woke up every day with pain in a different joint. But I would be overreacting to think Lyme Disease. It is more likely that he hurt his foot slightly, then by favoring that foot, he strained his knee, them his other knee.
He seems fine now, so this is not a long-term problem.
Sorry for the lay-off in writing. I'll be posting more often now.
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