Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Mixing training time and daddy time

Sunday I was scheduled for a 5 mile recovery run which means slow pace to shake out my legs from the long run on the previous day. The weather was nice enough that I decided to push Anneliese in the jog stroller. I like to take Anneliese out with me because she is so inquisitive that she constantly asks questions. That helps me to keep my pace at a conversational rate and help her figure out a little bit more about her world at the same time. We stopped a couple of times, once for a stick and once for a dandelion. Aside from her saying "Let's go home" about ten times I think she enjoyed it too :)

Monday was a scheduled rest day. The weather was nice that we walked to the park and spent about an hour there. Anneliese loves to climb the rock wall up to the big slide. In case you are wondering, I can still fit down most of the slides with her. Emmeline surprised us by being able to climb the rock wall too. She even went down the slide by herself one time. The round trip walk is about 2.5 miles. Anneliese made most of the hike by herself. She is building up her endurance for races next summer :)

Tonight I had a 6 mile run scheduled. Anneliese and Liz had to go to school for "Mommies Night" which left me and the Rooster hanging out. So she got her first taste of the jog stroller. Emmeline smiled at me and talked to me for about the first mile. Then I noticed she wasn't reacting to my voice. I stopped to pick a gnat off of her sleeve and realized that she was sleeping. She must have been comfortable because she stayed asleep until we started walking for our cool down. We came back and she had a bah-bah before she went to bed.

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