Leaving for TN

Leaving for TN in the morning. Keep us in your prayers that we will have a safe journey there and back. Love you all and see you Wednesday!

Back in the saddle...

Kim and I went to Gold's in Pelham this morning and did RPM. My first time in 18 months and I LOVED EVERY MINUTE! I was pouring sweat before the third song. I actually kissed my bike when the workout was done. How I have missed it! (There must be something seriously wrong with me if I miss working out, right????)

4 on the 4th!

WOOHOO! Kim and I ran 4 miles straight this morning. I am sore, but so happy! Glad to be back.

Sand Spazzing!

Found out the hard way today that running on the beach is not for wimps. It looks all cool when other people do it, but is so NOT cool when you are trying to accomplish it yourself. First of all, I must describe my beach to you. It's not like what you see on TV. You go from the boardwalk to the fluffy white stuff, the stuff you sink in. From that, there is ZERO slope down to the surf. It's a mini-cliff. It literally just falls down about a foot from the soft sand to the surf. So one must either run in the "quicksand" or in the water. I tried both and neither was quite successful. I'm sure I looked like a frog having seizures to the poor innocent bystanders who had to witness my excursion.

Regardless, I did 0.5 warmup then managed to run 1.0 at an 11 minute pace. My knees were killing me, so I walked 0.5 up to the road by the bay. I have never in all my life been so happy to see asphalt!!!!! From there, I ran another 1.0 at an 11 minute pace, then 0.5 cool down. All in all, I ran 2.0 and walked 1.5. Not too shabby considering I was a newbie at sand stomping.

I also must add a note about the wildlife. When I run with Kim, we usually encounter all manners of wildlife. Just comes with living in the Southeast. Usually we run into (or jump over) turtles, baby birds, dogs and rabbits. Running today, I encountered the following: 27 dead frogs, 2 dead lizards, 1 dead crab, 1 live crab, 2 live rabbits, 1 wood rat, a family of field mice, 2 gator ponds and many seagulls and sandpipers. Yes, you read correctly...27 dead frogs! And those were just the ones I had to jump over! Counting the wildlife kept my mind off the pain. Whatever it takes to get the job done!!!!

The Wharf & LuLu's

Beach Bum

Our baby boy is LOVING the sand, sun and water. He has only tried to eat sand once and quickly realized it was not as tasty as he'd hoped. And can I just say that the time playing is making for really long naps!! Will post more pics soon.

This & That

Did interval/sprints today. I think it about killed us, but we prevailed. Leaving for the beach in the morning. Love everyone. Keep us in your prayers. Hope to blog pics while we are away. Hugs!!!