HALT #2

I the article about recognizing things that make my kids bananas this morning.  So what did I do?  Totally ignored that advice.  Wednesdays the kids have Playball in the morning, then Splash Day.  I picked them up and took the to the gym so they could play in the Kids Club while I ran.  By the time I picked them up it was 6:30, they were ravenous, tired and missing Mommy (Hungry/Lonely/Tired).  We went to Chick-fil-A, which was ok, they were pretty good.  But by the time we got home it was getting tense.  A stolen necklace and someone getting the wrong water bottle was about all anyone could take before breaking into tears (add Angry).  I realized that I had taken on too much today and pushed everybody, myself included, a little too hard.  We skipped baths and brushing teeth, and everybody got extra cuddles and kisses from Mommy. I am about to crawl into bed myself, neglecting the dishes and email that need attention. 

HALT

I like this article on Simple Mom:

Applying the HALT Method: A Checklist for Proactive Parenting

Wednesday Workout

I did Ripped in 30 #1 this morning before getting ready for work.  Then I took the kids to they gym after work to get my run in.  I ran mostly because I wanted Chick-fil-a for dinner and didn't want to feel guilty about it.  Did you know that ONE packet of Chick-fil-A sauce had 140 calories??? I didn't!

As much as I hate the treadmill its nice to run in the air conditioning vs. 80 degrees and also nice to just set the speed and stop paying attention.  I did 10 minute miles with hills, 2 minutes 0 incline and 2 minutes at level 3 for 50 minutes, 5 miles total. 

See Jane Run

See Jane Run 1/2 Marathon on Sunday October 9th, 9am. 

There is a deal on Facebook for 1/2 off registration

Houston Marathon: Check Yo Self

Well well well, lottery results are up and we got into the Houston Marathon.  Hells yeah bitches!  Jennifer and I are in for 26.2 and Jenna for 13.1.  So... now what?  We have 200 days, almost 7 months, to train.  Through the marathon I bought a training plan from Focus-N-Fly.  It factors in your current milage, race pace, days you want to run or cross train, etc.  Or maybe it just makes shit up, I don't know.  It has me running or cross training 6 days a week, which is ambitious to say the least.  I know I've been a little workout crazy the past 2 weeks but that is hardly a trend.  I took a peek at the schedule in December and was exhausted just to see all the long runs.  Whose idea was this again?  Oh, mine.  NO!  It was JENNIFER's  damn it.  I can't really blame her, I've done this before and know better.

So - here we go!  Houston Marathon here we come.

Jenna's advice was "Check yourself before you wreck yourself", truer words never spoken.

From Urban Dictionary, the phrase means "Take a step back and examine your actions, because you are in a potentially dangerous or sticky situation that could get bad very easily. Often in a harmful manner."

Brooke Shields in Playground Tales from Brooke Shields

or the fuggin original

Tuesday Run

5.00 miles
44:03 minutes
8:48/mile avg
9am - 90 degrees!  NASTY.


I did 1 mile warm up, 4 x .25mile repeats with .25mile recovery + 1 mile cool down
Mile 1: 9:02/mile

.27: 2:05 (7:49/mile)

.23: 2:07 (9:09/mile)

.25: 2:00 (7:58)

.26: 2:20 (9:09)

.25: 1:57 (7:49)

.24: 2:15 (9:14)

.26: 1:56 (7:30)

.24: 2:24 (9:52)

.25: 1:58 (7:46)

.27: 2:34 (9:34)

.28: 2:05 (7:29)

.22: 2:00 (9:21)
Mile 5: 9:28/mile

Result was a really good sweaty run, but I should have made my recovery portions slower and my sprints more consistent.  Something to work on, but pretty damn good ya'll!

Super Cute

Successfully using chop sticks

Attempting to use chop sticks

Pretending to sleep in their new sleeping bags