A Happy Mother’s Day Indeed!
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.
Running Log 5/3/17
I am going to start publishing a post each time we get out and go running. They should each be entitled “Running Log” followed by the date. I don’t expect many of you to read them, so I’m giving you a heads up. I’m making the record for the kids. Feel free to read them if you’d like.
We went to the PG Rec Center today after school. We wanted to go to the High School track and do 15-30’s, but the football team was out practicing. I didn’t think the coach would appreciate me blowing a whistle every 15 seconds while he was conducting a practice.
I can’t use the whistle inside the Rec Center, but we really wanted to do sprints today. So we improvised of course. The track is a big oval (like the typical 1/4 mile track at a football field) only smaller. This track is 6.5 laps per mile. In order to facilitate sprints we decided on sprinting the long sections and walking the curves/short sides.
This event was not timed. Everyone from Julie down to Nikki ran 26 sets of sprints. That was 13 laps (2 sprints per lap) for a total of 2 miles running/walking. Andrew only ended up running 8 laps and then walked with JR and me. JR crawled an entire lap while I walked beside him with my cane.
Every one did fantastic. They were each exhilarated by being able to complete the task. Julie was especially glad to finish. After just 4 laps she looked like she was going to have a hard time doing all 13. She kept going and faced each sprint one at a time. She was (and always is) exceptional.
Josh finished the fastest of course. He lapped everyone 2x, and lapped Julie 3 times. He sprinted all-out each and every time and was exhausted at the end. His effort is always outstanding.
Caitlin is not the strongest runner, but her effort was also excellent. She ran hard and did great. She was all smiles that the end. Accomplishing hard tasks brings her a real sense of accomplishment. I hope that continues throughout her life.