Training with the Boys
>> Wednesday, May 20, 2015
I've strung together a good 10 days of training since the Oakdale Duathlon nearly 2 weeks ago: some good bike rides, a few swims, and a couple of runs. Two of those runs have been with my boys.
On Friday, I went out for a late morning run where I wanted to run a few miles fast. The boys were with me:
Running across the Mississippi.
We were about to run down to the low spots right along the river to the left.
At the hairpin turn on the steep hill. Notice the man standing to the right with a really steep
part just beyond him. And as with all hill photos, this image doesn't do it justice.
Being pulled down a hill at just faster than my mile PR pace: 4:47/mile. Yikes.
Before we started running again after my hard miles, Henry got out along the river to watch a tug boat with a few barges go by. I Instagrammed this:
"6.5 miles with these 2 by the river in the Chariot with the middle 3 at 6:10 pace. Ouch.
After the hard miles, Henry got out to watch a barge chug past. Charlie was just pooped.
This was a good morning." (Note the barge still behind Henry in the middle pic.)
Asleep on my lap in the middle of the afternoon.
Just feeling miserable.
"My morning workout. After Charlie had breakfast, he seemed to feel a lot better. We took a
chance and went to the gym. I got in 1 lap at the pool before the Playzone sitters came to
get me because he was too sad/crabby. Poor dude."
Charlie started feeling better for sure.
Running "the long way home" along the river. Ended up with an easy 10K with the boys on the day.
Charlie was passed out once Henry hopped out at home.
1 comments:
I grew up living just across the street from Maddox! 1688 James - if the new owners haven't painted it, it's a grey house with blue trim and a cement surround on the gardens. Anyway, looks like they got new equipment at the park since I was a kid. Good thing, their old stuff was wood and a splinter haven. I suffered many childhood tears thanks to that old equipment. Did you know that park was named Maddox for the school that used to stand there? If the sign is still there that states the park's name (it used to be on the James Aveune side of the park), there may be the "Maddox School" cement slab in the grass just below the sign. Fun fact - when the school building was torn down, since they didn't really recycle in the 80s, my dad salvaged some junk out of their dumpster. We actually had a bar in the basement of our house that was topped with a piece of marble that came from somewhere in the building. That bar no longer exists, the basement was remodeled in the late 90s. I wonder where that marble ended up...
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