Run, run, and then....run
The last few days are a blur but I'll do my best to recount.
Friday night I had some hammock time and some chinese food to celebrate my Mom's arrival. The house looks really good, as A. did her usual thorough and outstanding job of cleaning. I cleaned the kitchen floor and both bathrooms satisfactorily.
Sat morning we all got up early after A. left for work and the girls had cereal while I got dressed for the 5k race which was in Elk Grove Village, only about 15 minutes from the house. Ok here is where it gets interesting: when we got to the race site, I was in such a hurry to get out and get my race number and timing chip that I caught my middle finger of my right hand in the car door. OUCH. Luckily nothing was broken just the whole fingertip turned red from the blood stored under the sking and the upper part of my finger nail turned purple. It took about 20 minutes for the pain to subside. Ok that was the bad part. The good part was I ran very well and was happy, about 32 minutes for the 5k which when I compare that to the 39 minute 5k in March when pushing the girls in the stroller probably is quite a nice improvement. My Mom went up a big hill with N&J and they all waved to me when I approached the finish line which of course was very inspirational and made me run faster and pass about 7 peple, so that was way cool.
We drove into Chicago later that day to go to the Universal Sole running shop on Lincoln Avenue so I could pick up my race stuff for the 10 mile race Sunday. This race ended up being much more challenging than I anticpated for several reasons, the first being the weather, it rained and oftentimes very hard for almost the entire race, definitely for the first 7 miles and then sporadically after that. My time was repectable, 2 hours and 2 minutes which is my typical long distance standard 12 minute mile. I got an awesome racing shirt which I weote about ealier and also they gave me a big glass with the race name and date embossed on it.
Things that were very memorable about the race: running along Lake Michigan where the waves were foaming and cresting was amazing, turning after mile 6 and running near the zoo where I turned back and saw my old condo at 2400 North Lakeview was nostalgic, and also, towards the beginning of the race the course went from Montrose Aveneu to Foster Avenue Beach and the race route dupicated the exact route used for the marathon training I did in the group back in 2003, which of course was very inspirational to me. I am fairly sore today, again my left foot hurts, I need to find a better more supportive running shoe, and my legs are very very stiff. I am sore! But I am very glad I was able to run the 10 miles, I was very nervous about it as it had been a while since I ran such a long distance in a race. One thing I wish I had done is brough my iPod, I noticed quite a few runners with them and it would have been good to have as I use it for all of my training runs to get energized.
Saturday night Mom, N&J and I all went to Jameson's Charhouse and we had an amazing dinner and Sunday afternoon we went to a new children's museum in Glenview for a birthday for one of the girls friends. I think her name was Paulina, lots of Polish chicldren and mothers there. And the lunch was a very thick pizza, the adults gor it with mushrooms pepperonis and sausage and the children got cheese pizza. The twins ahd a blast but me and my Mom were exhasuted running after them, this museum is new and it was very crowded and there really are so many rooms and things to do there. There was a water room, there was a watch egges hatch into baby chicks room, a music room, a face painting room, and well you get the idea. There were rooms galore.
Tonight after work I think I am going out for dinner and a movie with A. while my Mom watches the twins. And Wednesday afternoon I fly to Boston to visit my Dad.
Busy, busy, busy.
Friday night I had some hammock time and some chinese food to celebrate my Mom's arrival. The house looks really good, as A. did her usual thorough and outstanding job of cleaning. I cleaned the kitchen floor and both bathrooms satisfactorily.
Sat morning we all got up early after A. left for work and the girls had cereal while I got dressed for the 5k race which was in Elk Grove Village, only about 15 minutes from the house. Ok here is where it gets interesting: when we got to the race site, I was in such a hurry to get out and get my race number and timing chip that I caught my middle finger of my right hand in the car door. OUCH. Luckily nothing was broken just the whole fingertip turned red from the blood stored under the sking and the upper part of my finger nail turned purple. It took about 20 minutes for the pain to subside. Ok that was the bad part. The good part was I ran very well and was happy, about 32 minutes for the 5k which when I compare that to the 39 minute 5k in March when pushing the girls in the stroller probably is quite a nice improvement. My Mom went up a big hill with N&J and they all waved to me when I approached the finish line which of course was very inspirational and made me run faster and pass about 7 peple, so that was way cool.
We drove into Chicago later that day to go to the Universal Sole running shop on Lincoln Avenue so I could pick up my race stuff for the 10 mile race Sunday. This race ended up being much more challenging than I anticpated for several reasons, the first being the weather, it rained and oftentimes very hard for almost the entire race, definitely for the first 7 miles and then sporadically after that. My time was repectable, 2 hours and 2 minutes which is my typical long distance standard 12 minute mile. I got an awesome racing shirt which I weote about ealier and also they gave me a big glass with the race name and date embossed on it.
Things that were very memorable about the race: running along Lake Michigan where the waves were foaming and cresting was amazing, turning after mile 6 and running near the zoo where I turned back and saw my old condo at 2400 North Lakeview was nostalgic, and also, towards the beginning of the race the course went from Montrose Aveneu to Foster Avenue Beach and the race route dupicated the exact route used for the marathon training I did in the group back in 2003, which of course was very inspirational to me. I am fairly sore today, again my left foot hurts, I need to find a better more supportive running shoe, and my legs are very very stiff. I am sore! But I am very glad I was able to run the 10 miles, I was very nervous about it as it had been a while since I ran such a long distance in a race. One thing I wish I had done is brough my iPod, I noticed quite a few runners with them and it would have been good to have as I use it for all of my training runs to get energized.
Saturday night Mom, N&J and I all went to Jameson's Charhouse and we had an amazing dinner and Sunday afternoon we went to a new children's museum in Glenview for a birthday for one of the girls friends. I think her name was Paulina, lots of Polish chicldren and mothers there. And the lunch was a very thick pizza, the adults gor it with mushrooms pepperonis and sausage and the children got cheese pizza. The twins ahd a blast but me and my Mom were exhasuted running after them, this museum is new and it was very crowded and there really are so many rooms and things to do there. There was a water room, there was a watch egges hatch into baby chicks room, a music room, a face painting room, and well you get the idea. There were rooms galore.
Tonight after work I think I am going out for dinner and a movie with A. while my Mom watches the twins. And Wednesday afternoon I fly to Boston to visit my Dad.
Busy, busy, busy.
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