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Running Log 5/22/17

Running Log 5/22/17

Location: PG High School football field/track

Task: 20/40’s for 10 minutes

Participants: Entire family

By “entire family” I don’t suggest that we all ran.  I don’t run at all.  JR is just barely walking (but doing a fabulous job of it), and Steven spent most of the time crying.

We were all present though.  It was good quality family time, even with the tears involved.

Task

A 20/40 is just a longer variant of the 15/30 I’ve described before.  20 seconds of sprinting (100% full speed) followed by 40 seconds of walking.  Repeat for 10 minutes.  I switched to the 20/40 format for two reasons.  First, it is a longer sprint which the older kids are ready for, and; second, it is easier to keep track of when to start/stop because it ends on each minute.

This time we had a new whistle we got to use so I didn’t have to yell STOP and START over and over.   One whistle blast means run and 2 means stop.  Much better for me!

Results

Not a particulartly good outing.  We went much later in the evening that normal and almost nobody was excited for it.  Having a bad attitude almost always leads to bad effort and bad results.

Josh only did about 1/2 of the laps before he was complaining his knee hurt, and so he walked the rest.   Caitlin at almost exactly the same time said she twisted her ankle (on the flat track??), but continued half-heartedly.  Kristie tried hard but was ornery about not being able to breath – this is her least favorite running activity.  Even Julie had issues.

JR cried as soon as Mom ran away from him.  Steven cried as soon as he realized he couldn’t keep up.  Andrew finished one lap and begged to be done.

We were going to do 15 minutes of this exercise, but when Nikki came up at 10 minutes and claimed she needed to pee I called it quits, gave 3 blasts to signal we were done, and headed for the car.  Julie had just started another lap and so she walked the whole thing to cool down.  Who walked with her?  The girl who supposedly needed to pee, “sooo bad!”.

I set up the GoPro, so I’ll edit the video if any of it is any good and post it at a later date.

 

 

 

 

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Running Log 5/18/17

Running Log 5/18/17

Location: PG Rec Center

Task: Run 7 laps (just over 1 mile)

We took it really easy today due to the run on Monday at the elementary school.  Everyone finished in under 10 minutes.  Even Andrew ran today, though I think he might have only done 6 laps.

Kristie pushed herself the hardest and almost kept up with Josh who was taking it much easier.  Everyone has a different level of soreness from the race, so this wasn’t timed, just a task to complete to get them out moving.

JR was asleep in his car seat, and I needed to watch him, so I couldn’t walk any laps at all. I paced back and forth near the bench area we start at, but only about 4 minutes of that (maybe 150 feet total?) left me hobbling.  I didn’t have my cane, so I limped my way to the car when everyone finished.

 

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Running Log 5/15/17

Running Log 5/15/17

Location: Central Elementary School, PG Utah

Task: Complete the “mini-marathon” that the school was putting on as part of a fundraiser.  Complete the 2.62 mile course.

This was Julie’s first ever race.  She finished last in the family, but did fantastic nonetheless.  She completed in just over 25 minutes.

Josh had a bounce back performance after his lackluster Saturday run.   He finished third for the entire course.  There was a 1 mile “shortcut” that others took and they finished sooner.  Josh however did the full 2.62 and only had 2 people finish ahead of him.

The girls all did fine.  Charlee said she wanted to puke when she was done, but Cat and Kristie both seemed chipper.   I’ll update this with their times if they still remember them.   I didn’t write them down.   Nikki stayed with me and the 3 younger boys.

I took GoPro footage of the race, so I’ll try to post that at some later time.

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Running Log 5/13/17

Running Log 5/13/17

Location: PG Rec Center Indoor Running track

Task: Run as far as you can for 12 minutes, and finish any lap that begins before time ends.

This is our standard Saturday run.  Keeping it consistent helps track if someone is getting better, getting worse, had a bad week, etc.

Achievements

The huge accomplishment this week goes out to Nikki!  She did her best running ever and did one more lap than she has ever done before!!  Way to go sweetie!  You were awesome.

Caitlin also had her best ever.  She did the same number of laps as a few prior runs, but completed it today almost 30 seconds faster this time!  She is getting much better really quickly now that she has decided it is something she wants to be good at.   He success and growth have gone hand in hand with her terrific attitude.

Julie had her best day ever, but said afterward that it hurt more than ever too.  Not just in body ache, but her actual joints had some pain while running, so we’ll be babying her to make sure she doesn’t get injured in her quest for better health.   She was almost 30 seconds faster than her previous best time.   You rock babe!

Others

Kristie and Charlee were both consistent.  Kristie was slightly better than normal, and Charlee slightly worse.  Those variations happen from week to week.

Josh was our big negative today.  He had his worst time and fewest laps since we began.   He had gone and helped his grandfather with some plumbing earlier in the day and spent a good bit of time hauling full 5 gallon buckets out of a crawl space.   His legs were sore and tired when we started, so we didn’t expect him to break any records.   He was still our fastest, just not by as much as normal.   He tried hard and gave his best though, so it was still a good run from him.

 

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Running Log 5/8/17

Running Log

Purpose: Training

Location: PG Rec Center

Goal: Julie and the kids want to run in a “mini marathon” at the elementary school in a week and a half.  The distance is 2.62 miles (instead of 26.2 – thus mini marathon).  I’ve never asked them to do more than 2 miles before.  They needed to experience that distance at least a few times before the race.

Task: Run 17 laps (2.61 miles)

As expected this was harder on some than on others.  Josh was done in about 22 minutes and Julie in about 32.  Caitlin, Kristie, Charlee, Nikki all also complete the task somewhere in between those times.   Caitlin did it despite a blister and a lot of side ache.

Julie had never run that distance before, but slowed her pace enough to do it non-stop.  Josh and Caitlin had run that far before at school.  The other three girls had never done more than 2 miles.   Kristie finished and walked a lap, then ran 2 more with Julie to help encourage her, and THEN ran another lap to complete 3 miles of running today.   She obviously felt she could do more than what we’ve been doing.

I was just as impressed by them today as I ever am.   Great attitudes despite the new more difficult task.  Very good encouragement toward others.   Great effort given!