Well it’s Saturday, so the day’s not over. I am back blogging at the Lucky Tree Cafe while Mary has her art lesson. She is currently in the acrylics class and in about half an hour Aparna and Aarna will join us for the watercolor session.
This morning Ammon absolutely crushed it to win our family 5k. Abe ran with him, and as they neared the final stretch he kept getting faster and faster until he was running a 7:30 mile. I ran behind Mary and Marina, and I kept urging them to stop walking and run. That shows how slow I run! I was running behind two girls who were walking, and most of the time I couldn’t even keep up. I finally did pass them at the end and caught up to Clarissa, who only took two brief walks and ran steadily the rest of the time. We ran the final leg together and as we approached the final final stretch, she said, “Mom, I am going to conserve my energy and at that corner I am going to sprint!” to which I replied, “I am sure you will beat me but I am going to keep running and go ahead.” Sure enough, even though I was running as hard as I could, I heard the patter of determined little feet, and as we neared the end she flew past me! I was also proud of myself. I woke up at 5am scared of the 5k, but I didn’t stop to walk once and I got a sub 12 min mile, which is HUGE for me! It is also the most I have possibly ever run because the 5k’s on my treadmill are actually 2.9 miles, probably because I run them too slow and don’t cover the mileage in time. Hopefully that will change soon.
Right now Mary just finished a beautiful acrylic and is now onto watercolor. I have to pop over to Highland to practice for tomorrow later this afternoon, and Clarissa has Lola’s birthday from 4-7, which means we have to go get a present at some point. Abe and I were going to possibly go on a long walk and garden, but I have a rash on my inner thighs from running and walking is hard. My thighs rub together even with my thigh protector on, and I am embarrassing myself reaching up my dress to adjust it because it hurts so much to have that skin on skin rubbing!