1st week of Dec

This week we had 3 runs: Tues, Fri, and Sun

Tuesday we ran 4.5 miles. It was a really great run, and I was surprised to find that we still came in under 11:00 minute miles because I felt like we were pretty fast on this trip out. The weather was cool, the wind wasnt too bad, and we were full of energy. Boy threw his drink down and the drink poured out, but he finished. :)

On Friday, I was at work in Montgomery so I jumped on the treadmill for 3.25 (short, but that's all the time I had) and Boyce went out by himself. He said he had a good run, even taking the dirt road until Matt made him quit to go get Hannah.

Sunday, our long run. The day was pretty cool, so Matt & Hannah dropped us off at the CVS to run downtown, cross the causeway and then cover some beach area on the way to his parents house. Several things happened today: Boy slept until noon when it was time to leave, so I told him to scarf down PB&J, which ticked him off (no pancakes). Then he intentionally planned to run out of steam just to make MY run suck (not worried about his run, he just wanted to make sure he messed me up), changed over to iMapMyRun to log my mileage and it SUCKS. It only logged 7/9 miles AND a good portion of those 7 weren't the route I went. I took water and 2 GU which I took at 30 mins and 60 mins. Boy took a blue Gatorade which he thinks made his stomach upset. He also had gummy bears for fuel. (I asked several times if he was eating them and he said yes, however, he still had a pocketful when we got finished. No wonder it took him 2 hours to 'run' 9 miles).

I am really ticked off that he is purposely trying to push my buttons and throw me off track. There are 4 weekends left for training runs. I will wipe his past intentions from my mind and start each one knowing that this journey together is coming to a close. It makes me sad even if he doesn't appreciate it.

Weather on the run was nice, around 72 degrees, wind was around 24 mph from the west - Thank goodness MOST of our run was headed east and south :) Once we finished, we spend a few minutes stretching and then my crazy son got in the pool for his ice bath!! We checked the temp - The water was 52 degrees!