Weekend Ramblings and Runs

Fast weekend recap!
Saturday: 10 miles. Easy pace, ~8:15s average. Ran part of it with Erin and her friend. I saw Mrs. Fueling Strong as I headed back. Couple photos from early on in the run:

I spent the rest of the day prepping for my tot's birthday party in the afternoon. My left hamstring was a bit tight in the afternoon, but after some stretching, it feels normal again. If you care to see some photos from the party, see here. The theme of the party - PLAY IN ALL THE SAND.

One small example:

This morning - Another 10 miles. The Hanson Plan has a long run every other weekend. Today's pace was supposed to be easy. (see 8+), but I ended up doing it around 7:30. My legs were pretty tired today, a bit abnormal for Sunday for me. I saw Fluency's Folly on my way down, who later apologized for not giving a side five. Apology accepted.

I think adding the hill work on Wednesday finally pushed me to the point where the plan caught up to my current ability and will be pushing harder from here on out.  I'll keep an eye on any aches to make sure I'm not overdoing it.

That's all I got! A bit tired today. Hope ya'll had a great weekend!

Happy Birthday to My Tot! And got my Corral changed for the Chicago Marathon!

Lots of topics to cover today! First off! It's my daughter's birthday today! She turned two! If you follow me on FB or Twitter, you've seen this stuff already, but here it is again!

1 Day old

My Card Dad!

waddup!

I'll spare you the mushy stuff. But being a dad is amazing and life changing. I can't imagine not having her in my life.

Now for some running stuff. I got my corral changed for the Chicago Marathon! yay!

Not really hard to figure out my name, but I gotta make you work for it (TWSS)

I did an easy 8 miles this morning per Hanson Plan. 14 tomorrow. My pace was probably 20 seconds too fast, but it was hard to go slower in this awesome temperature! Lots of small groups of runners out and I got a side five from from Erin!

Mandatory Morning Photo

As I mentioned before, tot's birthday party got postponed by a week as we weren't sure of her sick status, and it turned out to be the coldest day of the summer so far.

But there is an ice cream social in the park near us today which we'll hit up and we'll head out to Andersonville for lunch today!

You run a race today or run at all?

And why the heck aren't I getting a side five from you? I'll be out there tomorrow seeing who is naught or nice!