Last Thursday I had a much better night run. It was better because it was a neighborhood run vs going straight up 24th, but mostly because it was with my friend Hillery. It seems appropriate that Hillery would be my running partner now since we met through seemommyrun.com almost 3 years ago, but haven't actually done much running together (or otherwise) during that time. We made it 3 miles winding around the neighborhood taking advantage of the darkness to peek into people's houses and to not have to worry about people seeing how slowly we run.
Yesterday was the big 'Sunday' run - 3.5 miles. Fortunately Chris came with me so we could share stroller-pushing duties. We did the path down at Golden Gardens - but were immediately reminded of the pros and cons of running by the water...pros= view, cons = fierce gusts of wind that practically make you run in place (especially when the stroller acts as a giant 50 lb kite), plus it's cold, cold, cold....a day and 3 cups of tea later I've still got a bit of a chill from it.
Despite a lot of grunting and complaining (from me) we made it 3.7 miles and had the added benefit of ending up at a beach/park where Zoe could run around after being trapped in the stroller for much longer than it should have taken for a 3.7 mile run. Sam, once again, spent most of the run alternating between napping and looking at us with the most confused face you have ever seen. You've got to wonder what's going through his little 5 month old head..."why is mommy all red and sweaty and breathing heavy and occasionally cursing under her breath?"
Hopefully he'll learn to enjoy it more...that goes for me too...
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