About:writeontherun

Location:North Bend WA USA 98045

I'm a lucky woman who loves her life. I have an amazing husband who makes me laugh and challenges me all at the same time I have two very young, bright, funny, entertaining children and a job I love as a physcial therapist. In my free time, I'm a runner (slow but sure), a hiker, a writer (at least by avocation), and a human jungle gym for my little ones. This is my third 1/2 marathon, along with a couple fulls, but my first foray back into distance running since the two back-to-back little ones. (My running partner's favorite fact about me is that my kids are 363 days apart.) It's also my first attempt at any type of blogging, and I'm basically computer illiterate, so hang in there with me.



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Chunks of Fun made it around the library!

February 21st, 2008 by writeontherun

I’m shocked and amazed! Loki is a good little runner pup, but Ellie…well she struggles through the 2 miles we force on her every day or so. This morning, when I got up to run with Kim (yeah! did I need the run!) the puppies were already scratching around in their crates. I thought if I took them along, maybe, just maybe, they wouldn’t wake the whole house up with barking and general mayhem. Lucky for me, Kim has dogs too, so she’s always up for holding a leash while we run. They were pretty entertaining, mostly because we had to pay attention to foot placement so we didn’t trip over the occasionally criss-crossing leashes.

Anyway, the run, though slow with pups, certainly set a great tone for the day. I dropped my daughter off at preschool and headed to the gym for 45 minutes of a cycle/bosu class, which I love and need for the balance, proprioception and quick muscle recruitment challenge. I had planned to take my son to story hour, but realized just in time that it’s mid-winter break and the library has no story time. We went to the park instead and climbed and ran and played pretend baseball. (He’s really good, as only a 3 year old can be.) We were having so much fun that after we picked up my daughter we went back to the park for another hour and swung and climbed and played on the “pirate ship” (read: big, climbing toy that looks nothing like a ship. Most inanimate objects end up as pirate ships in our life. Couch. Box. Bag. Car. Chair. All pirate ships.). We spent the afternoon with some friends, again playing outside. (More swings. Forts. Pirate ships.) I feel great, although I ate dinner for about four people tonight! Guess that’s what happens when you spend 90 minutes exercising and another 3 hours running around outside.

I already can’t wait for summer! Oh, and while taking the puppies was a nice thought and I’ll do it again, my son still woke up “two minutes after you walked out the door”, according to my husband. At least I tried, right?

Workout:

  • Type: Run
  • Date: 02/21/2008
  • Time: 06:00:00
  • Total Time: 00:40:00.00
  • Distance: 3.5 miles
  • Average Pace: 11:25.71/mile

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