Started off a week with a holiday. Who doesn't like to miss a day of work? Small business owners, that's who cause we still have to work :)
Tuesday: 4 at 5. The temps were okay, low enough dewpoint for boom to go with. I am so ready for fall. Have I said that 100 times yet? We also had picture day at the football field before practice. Love his intensity lately and his slow turn around to really liking football. Can't wait to their first game!
Thursday: 4 at 5. I initially woke up and said nope, but convinced myself to get up, brush my teeth and feed the dogs before I made a decision. I kept getting dressed and headed out the door and my run magically felt 100 times better other than a headache in my sinuses.
Friday: Rest day. I needed to get up and run since I had 5 runs scheduled this week and not enough time to even get 4 in. I had another "bad day" thanks to whatever this virus is. Our whole town has it but it isn't Covid and it isn't strep either (Yes I know strep is not a virus). Again I listened to my body but still was rewarded with all day dizziness and a killer headache at the high school football game. Andrew went to his first Raiders high school football game. We ate concessions stand food, got some new raider's gear, and andrew played his heart out with his buddies. My heart is so happy. He has gained a whole new set of friends.
Saturday: Long run day and race day. Same story, different day. Didn't get up early enough. Wanted a range of 14-16 with 15 being the sweet spot so I can start tapering next week. I was okay till 11 ish miles and then the heat got to me. I usually complain about the humidity but on Saturday it was AWOL whic meant my body didn't really know how hot it was till it was too hot. I started doing some power walking and that felt good so the last 3 ish miles I did more power walking than running. When I got to the house I was around 14.44 and I called it good.
Saturday night was another night race and we were moving Andrew up to the senior classes. You can move up once your kiddo turns 9 and I had thought were might stay in Junior classes all year, but hubby had other ideas. Andrew had been wrecked so many times lately that his confidence was pretty darn low and hubby had hoped by moving him up that maybe he wouldn't be wrecked every single race and thus gain some confidence back. I was pretty nervous because most of the kids in the senior classes are older and have been driving longer. I think most of the racers he was with were 12 and above but he held his own and while he got last every race, he pushed his car hard and even spun out a few times!!!! I think he had a great experience and even though there will be more kids back at the next race (several were taking a break this weekend post national races), I think we will end the season on a good note.
Sunday: recovery run? How about a recovery walk? We had a long day with our first big football scrimmage, a bit of time down in aggieville to pick up our pottery that we painted a week or so ago, and a little bit of Chief's game watching. Plus, I had a ton of work and track work to do when we did get back to the house. Wamego Jr Raiders 3/4th grade team won their scrimmage, the Chiefs won a very ugly game, and our pottery looks amazing.
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