Mandy's meanderings!

Morning walks.  This has been a tough week to get workouts in.  There just isn't enough time in the day.  My neck got tweaked in vball this week.  I'm guessing I won't be able to do as much until I get into the chiropractor and get things straightened out again.  Buster has gotten really used to our walks.  I'm not sure how to break it to him that we won't keep going when it gets too cold.

I did buy a new pair of running shoes this week.  I'm super excited to try them out....hopefully next week.

Morning walks.

Missed the morning walk on Sunday.  Today I did a little bit of running outside with Paige.  She is determined to do a 5k at the end of the month.  Since running club is over, I want her to keep up with some training so she can handle it.  We ran 1.5 miles around a park by our house and she did great.  I'm super excited to run with her in a few weeks.  Our strategy is to run 1.5 miles, walk .5 mile, then run the last 1.1 miles and do it under 42 minutes.  With her one mile time being 8:51, I'm hoping that's pretty realistic.

Paige and I ran the Howl-oween 5k fundraiser for the local high school today.  It was below freezing when we started.  She was batgirl and I was a fairy princess.  I was so proud of how she did!  The goals we discussed were to 1. run halfway before stopping to walk, 2. not walk more than half a mile, 3. finish running, and 4. try to do it between 40 and 45 minutes.

We accomplished all of the above and did it just under 35 minutes!  She worked so hard and never gave up.  She even sprinted the last 20 yards or so.  A very good day.

 When I got home Buster was up in arms about our morning walk, so I took him out.  It turned into a morning run once I saw how much energy he had.  I went a little further than usual to placate him.  Overall I feel pretty good.