Training Log

Up til 1 am with Jacob who was sick with a headache and throwing up all night.  Needless to say, no 5 mile MRTC race today and no run.  Everybody is worn out,. and Jacob is still throwing up.

Jacob is feeling better and slept through the night.  6:25 am - 7.8 mile loop out around the lake.  It is a lot cooler this morning and foggy.  Looks like a nice day.

6 pm - 7.8 mile loop around the lake again.  This run was difficult for the first 2 miles - have not felt well since Jacob was sick this weekend, and my daughter is also sick now too, so I may have a little of what they have.  Finally felt better the second half of the run and was able to pick up the pace back through the Oaks neighborhood.

5:50 am - planned to run a little longer this morning, which I did, but had serious GI issues that caused me to have to stop 3 times and cut it a little shorter than planned.  Yuck.

7 pm - babysat Jacob after work until 7, then I could run.  Now that I've been running in the mornings, it seems harder to get started on a run in the evening - not necessarily getting out the door, but I feel tired and sluggish for the first .5 mile to 1.5 mile.  This could also be due to a low-grade sinus infection that I haven't been able to shake since being sick about 2 weeks ago.  The ENT physician put me on antibiotics today for 3 weeks to try to clear it up.  At any rate, the run started very slow and sluggish, but by the time I had run around the lake,  which is a little more than halfway, I felt better and picked it up on the second half.  

6:15 am - 7..3 mile with downhills - still kind of tired and had  the GI problems that stopped me 2 or 3 times again. 

8 am - the triathlon team hosted a field day for special olympics, and I was in charge of one of the games and the prizes.  Jacob went with me to help out.  My assigned game was the egg and spoon relay.  There were lots of other games, too, like tug-of-war, water balloon relay, three-legged race, over-under beachball relay, roll the hula hoop, etc.  A large number of special olympians came. We played the field day games first and then split everyone up into to 5 or 6 teams for a relay race.  Each team had about 11 participants - we all lined up and each person sprinted out and around a monitor sitting in a chair at the other end of the field - maybe 50 to 75 yards?  Our team won that one.  Then we split into two groups to play either kickball or soccer.  I played soccer, and it got pretty intense, with good players on both teams.  The sprints in the relay and the soccer game really kicked my booty - I'm used to long runs!  We all had lunch and headed home.  It was a fun morning for everyone there, and Jacob seemed to enjoy it too.

2 pm - India Fest with the family.  Several co-workers invited me to this, and the rest of the family came with me as well - it was very well-done with lots of exhibits, and there were lots of people from work there.  Learned a lot about Indian festivals, food, dance, and culture.