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May 14, 2006
A Daisy of a Day
Happy Mother's Day to me! Oh and everyone else, too. We have had a fabulous weekend so far, celebrating with both sets of grandparents yesterday, and so far just having a nice mellow day at home today. MG, Matty, and Andy gave me a car charger for my birthday iPod and an iTunes gift certificate. So thoughtful. These spring months have become a real gold mine for me, with my birthday in April, Mother's Day in May, and our anniversary in June. I'm going to own ALL of iTunes in a few years!
My father-in-law picked out some very small silver daisy earrings for me for Mother's Day. They're so me. I love them. I wore them to the Daisy 5K this morning and they brought me good luck - I finished with a 21:10, and a 6:47 overall pace on a typically muggy Austin May day. It's about as good as I could hope for, I think. Better, actually. My 5K p.r. is only 73 seconds faster, run on a flat and fast course on a cool, dry day.
I have been back running for ten weeks and haven't done anything but miles and strides. Well, when I say "miles" I don't mean "mileage"; I've worked up to 20 miles a week for the past few weeks. So there's a benchmark for ya. I'm happily surprised with it. We'll see where we go from here. So many other elements to add: hills, trackwork, tempo, and more miles. I don't even know if I'll have time for it all or company for any of the new elements. Mine and Andy's work schedules combined with MG's (theoretically) early bedtime make fitting in runs challenging. They make having a set running schedule impossible. I'm having to learn to be flexible. I've never been really good at "flexible."
Each woman finisher at the race received a daisy, and mine's here in front of me with the tulips my cousin Patrick sent me for Mother's Day. It's a pretty orange-ish pink color (Crayola might call it "salmon" or something) and looks so pretty with the tulips! It really has been a nice weekend. Too bad I have to go into work this afternoon. I can't wait until this special session is o-v-e-r.
MG update: girl still has not rolled over for her daddy. He's suspicious that we're making it up. She *has* taken to singing very pretty little songs. I sing to her a lot, and every now and then she'll sing along with me. Her tongue comes way out as she makes the prettiest soft little noises. It's completely different from her "talking," which is much more emphatic.
I met a woman at the race today who has four kids and was running with one of them - a five month-old - in the jogger. She didn't finish too far behind me. It was inspiring. I imagined that MG wouldn't look too much different than the five month-old did. She's small but sturdy, which is lucky for her since I'm not the world's most natural mother, particularly when it comes to holding her and moving her around. I can be a little un-smooth sometimes. The baby jogger may be in our near future!
Posted by jenandmats at May 14, 2006 1:59 PM
Comments
Happy Mother's Day!!
Great job in your race, before you know it, you'll be down at your PR without training for it.
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at May 14, 2006 6:13 PM
Happy Mother's Day! Great time in your 5k. I'm very impressed with your time after your "layoff." Blondie is right. In no time, you'll be setting your PR!
Posted by: Caitlin at May 14, 2006 7:14 PM
Re flexible. I have been sneaking out for runs at all sort of unpredictable times, for all sorts of unpredictable distances, for the last 6 yes 6 years. You get better with "flexible" and "unpredictable" as they grow up, just in time when you need to start being schedulled again! In September both my kids wil be going to kindergarten and primary school, so maybe running will become somewhat predictable again... cheers corrado
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at May 15, 2006 4:41 AM
Happy first Mother's Day! It sounds like you had a daisy of a day for lots of reasons!
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