I Think I've Found My New Cross Training

It's hard to believe that today is Wednesday!  James and I have been busy little bees today.  We got up this morning bright and early for our run.  We both were secretly hoping it would be raining so we could run in the rain, but it wasn't.  It was cooler this morning though.  We got River hooked up, our water bottles on and headed out.  Today our run went like this:

 2 Rounds 2 minutes run/1 minute walk

5 Rounds 3 minutes run/1 minute walk

2 Rounds 4 minutes run/1 minute walk

It was a great run!  James smiled the whole way.  He did much better at keeping up with River and myself.  He had a great time!  I'm feeling like I'm back to myself so I'm doing a double tomorrow.  I'm getting up early to run with River and then I'm going to the gym to do the bike and weights.  I won't do a long run, but I just want to see how I feel.

We did our 30 minute clean/purge and then he went to Michael's for his craft class.  I found a quiet corner of the store to read since we can't leave the store while he's in class.  I have to sit and read otherwise I will spend way too much money and we need to save for our trip to Indiana and for Fan Expo in August.

We had some lunch and did another quick purge to finish filling the Salvation Army boxes.  Then it was off to drop our boxes off.  Afterwards we went to the park.  Here is where I found my new cross training. 

I know playing on a playground is good for your motor skills both fine and gross.  I play with James when we go.  This playground has a lot of balance type things though.  My core is really sore right now!  I balanced (or tried to) on this really wobbly wake board thingy and had a tough time doing it.  I played on the monkey bars and some of the other wobbly toys.  It was a lot of fun and James got me trying to do it all.

I'm thinking a few trips to the park in the mornings might help my core. I've been trying to figure out how to make myself do more core work.  I'm just to lazy to just do it, but if it's fun like this I just may be on board.

So tomorrow I'm doing a double.  Friday James and I are running and make our video for the Lord of the Bling Contest.  Saturday I'm doing speed work and weights in the gym.  Sunday is my long run.  Here we go!

St. Patrick's Weekend

We had a great weekend this weekend.  The weather was beautiful and we got to spend a lot of time outside. 

We started off yesterday by going to Mountsberg Conservation Area for their maple syrup festival.  We went last year and had a ball so we decided to go again.  The weather was a bit cool and foggy to start off, but we didn't mind.  We got there and started for a hike along one  of the trails.

After our walk we had to run to the car to get a back for all of our nature stuff.  James saw a deck and some solar panels that he wanted his picture taken in front of, so we did.

We saw a pond with a willow tree.  We walked down to see if there were buds on the tree yet.  There was!!!!  Spring is on the way!

Then we hit MapleTowne!  We got to see how they collect the sap and boil it down.  Of course we had to have pancakes.

After we got done at MapleTowne we went for a walk on another trail.  This one had a lookout that we could climb up.

There was a play barn and lots of farm animals with the spring babies.

We finally made it over to the Raptor Center.  They have a really nice rescue program and you can see all of the birds up close.  My favorite was the nesting eagles.  They were so beautiful.

We headed home for our own St. Patrick's Day celebration.  We got some pub food and had that for dinner.  It was a nice day.

Today we got up and went out for breakfast and tried a new park.  It is huge!  It's built on an old landfill.  The playground is really nice.  They have a splash pad, a skate park, mountain bike trials, and a leash free park.  It was fun to play and explore the trails.

James wanted to run the mountain bike trails.  He ran pretty hard too.

Then it was more playing on the playground before heading home.

Later we had to go to the grocery store so we took the dogs and walked.  James got to walk Mulder.  He loved doing that, but didn't like picking up the poop.

Tomorrow I'm back on my training schedule and ready to do my runs outside.  James and I will be walking to daycare then I'm going to the gym for some cross training and weights.  Then I'm home to do some cleaning and work on the newsletter for the swim team.  I have really enjoyed my March Break.  I just hope the warm weather hangs around so we can do more outdoor activities on the weekends.