You gotta have Faith
Monday was circuit. I felt a little sick from allergies (I suppose?), but I made it out there anyway. Sarah complimented my super straight hair. Thank you cool front with low humidity! Thank you, Sarah, for noticing. Does that mean my normal attempts at straightening my hair are awful? Actually, don't answer that. I can imagine since I usually give up on getting all of the back straight.
Tuesday was hopefully going to be my last ACC class, but nooooooooo...I have to come next week to get my final grade and a summary of the class. So, if I don't go, what is my instructor going to do? I already have almost a 100 in that class. Thorn in my side! Thorn in my side!
Wednesday was stressful because my preschool is getting observed for a coveted 4-star rating. We've worked really hard for it since last spring. I know most folks don't give preschools much thought, but our school was already a good school. Now I can honestly say it is a great school. The changes are simply amazing. Anyway, they didn't observe me on Wednesday, but I still had to be on my toes.
Wednesday night was 400s. I was tired and the allergies were in full force. I was also a tad on the whiny side, and I pleaded with Gilbert to let us do the ladder workout instead of 400s. I love 400s, but I just didn't feel I could muster the energy. Why do I even bother asking Gilbert to change the workout? He never does, and he just makes me work harder.
Last time we did 400s, Sarah, Starr and I did 15 at comfortable paces. Again, Sarah, Starr and I were running together, but this time Coach had us doing 10 fast 400s. We started out at 2:20 for the first 5. Shhh...don't ever tell Gilbert, but that is easy for me. I am Ms. Conserve Energy, so I'm always wanting to start out slow so that I have something left for later. Reps 6-8 were at 2:10, while 9 and 10 were to be run anaerobically. We had some trouble hitting our pace, so the first 3 were fast. Reps 4 and 5 were on target. Reps 6-8...I think we were fairly close to 2:10...maybe a second slow for one, fast for one, and right on for the last one.
Now comes the pain. I naturally felt I would go at 2:10 again for the 9th to save energy for the last one. We start running, and Starr is out front. At the 200 meter point, I passed her. I finished with a 1:52, and I didn't really get anaerobic until the last 100m. Starr and I looked at each other and both said in unison, "I don't think I can run another one that fast." Sarah was right behind us and ran her first sub-2 400. Go Sarah!
Starr did her last one on her own, and I started 30 seconds behind because Gilbert was having some new people run with Sarah and I. We take off, and I think I can't maintain the same pace. Here are these two new folks running with me though, so I gotta look good. At 200m I was already anaerobic and felt myself slow a bit. The two new folks (Scott and Barbara, I think), weren't even breathing hard! Grrr...I was gasping for air and making all sorts of noise. At 300m, I just suffered through and knew I could finish strong no matter that even my toes and fingers were craving oxygen. I'm so glad it was dark because I bet I looked horrendous trying to gulp air through my nose and mouth in the same noisy breath. Final time: 1:50. That might be my fastest ever. I can't remember if I ran a 1:48 before or if that was just a dream.
Thursday I did get observed, and it went beautifully. My class made Latkes, and the kids were angels. (Aren't they always, wink, wink?) Thursday night we went to Runtex, and I was so happy to donate money toward the Congolese girls' shoes. They are so sweet and shy, and I love to see them at my running class. I'm so happy that Meg brought them to class and is doing so much for them. I am really thankful they are here in Austin, safe and healthy. I don't know much of their story, but the tiny parts I do know sound really, really bad.
And Elijah got his wish. We got a Christmas tree last night. Last year, Joshua named the tree Grace. This year, Elijah had the name picked out before we ever bought it - Faith. So we went on Faith and chose a tree that wasn't unbound. She's in our living room now and is perfect. Maybe we'll actually decorate her tonight, lol.
Does anyone ever wonder why my blog is named Juice and Joy?
Tuesday was hopefully going to be my last ACC class, but nooooooooo...I have to come next week to get my final grade and a summary of the class. So, if I don't go, what is my instructor going to do? I already have almost a 100 in that class. Thorn in my side! Thorn in my side!
Wednesday was stressful because my preschool is getting observed for a coveted 4-star rating. We've worked really hard for it since last spring. I know most folks don't give preschools much thought, but our school was already a good school. Now I can honestly say it is a great school. The changes are simply amazing. Anyway, they didn't observe me on Wednesday, but I still had to be on my toes.
Wednesday night was 400s. I was tired and the allergies were in full force. I was also a tad on the whiny side, and I pleaded with Gilbert to let us do the ladder workout instead of 400s. I love 400s, but I just didn't feel I could muster the energy. Why do I even bother asking Gilbert to change the workout? He never does, and he just makes me work harder.
Last time we did 400s, Sarah, Starr and I did 15 at comfortable paces. Again, Sarah, Starr and I were running together, but this time Coach had us doing 10 fast 400s. We started out at 2:20 for the first 5. Shhh...don't ever tell Gilbert, but that is easy for me. I am Ms. Conserve Energy, so I'm always wanting to start out slow so that I have something left for later. Reps 6-8 were at 2:10, while 9 and 10 were to be run anaerobically. We had some trouble hitting our pace, so the first 3 were fast. Reps 4 and 5 were on target. Reps 6-8...I think we were fairly close to 2:10...maybe a second slow for one, fast for one, and right on for the last one.
Now comes the pain. I naturally felt I would go at 2:10 again for the 9th to save energy for the last one. We start running, and Starr is out front. At the 200 meter point, I passed her. I finished with a 1:52, and I didn't really get anaerobic until the last 100m. Starr and I looked at each other and both said in unison, "I don't think I can run another one that fast." Sarah was right behind us and ran her first sub-2 400. Go Sarah!
Starr did her last one on her own, and I started 30 seconds behind because Gilbert was having some new people run with Sarah and I. We take off, and I think I can't maintain the same pace. Here are these two new folks running with me though, so I gotta look good. At 200m I was already anaerobic and felt myself slow a bit. The two new folks (Scott and Barbara, I think), weren't even breathing hard! Grrr...I was gasping for air and making all sorts of noise. At 300m, I just suffered through and knew I could finish strong no matter that even my toes and fingers were craving oxygen. I'm so glad it was dark because I bet I looked horrendous trying to gulp air through my nose and mouth in the same noisy breath. Final time: 1:50. That might be my fastest ever. I can't remember if I ran a 1:48 before or if that was just a dream.
Thursday I did get observed, and it went beautifully. My class made Latkes, and the kids were angels. (Aren't they always, wink, wink?) Thursday night we went to Runtex, and I was so happy to donate money toward the Congolese girls' shoes. They are so sweet and shy, and I love to see them at my running class. I'm so happy that Meg brought them to class and is doing so much for them. I am really thankful they are here in Austin, safe and healthy. I don't know much of their story, but the tiny parts I do know sound really, really bad.
And Elijah got his wish. We got a Christmas tree last night. Last year, Joshua named the tree Grace. This year, Elijah had the name picked out before we ever bought it - Faith. So we went on Faith and chose a tree that wasn't unbound. She's in our living room now and is perfect. Maybe we'll actually decorate her tonight, lol.
Does anyone ever wonder why my blog is named Juice and Joy?
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1 Comments:
ooh, ooh I do!
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Gayatri Rao, At
12/9/07 10:28 PM
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