Hey everyone! I hope finals and grading and shopping and moving are all not too overwhelming. I am excited to get to come home next week and look forward to the range of Ramsay activities available to us when we are all together. I am in the midst of a list of things I must do in order to leave on Monday so this update will have to brief.
I have plodded along with my running schedule and it has not been consistent due to the busyness of this time of year, but I am happy to relay that this morning I ran a little over 6 miles and it took me 65 minutes. I think about an 11 minute pace was right but it by no means felt good. Although, by the end of the run I had a groove going. I am trying to run three time a week beside the long run but I, like Dad, usually only achieve two other times besides the Saturday run.
As I struggled through this morning, I had a vision, maybe a hallucination even, of a Ramsay mass all doing a long run next Saturday morning, Christmas Eve. I even included Baby Jake in a stroller. It brought a smile to my face and maybe something like that is in the offing next week. Although, I realize now that there might not be a stroller in Fredericksburg for him. Hopefully, we can make something work.
Nothing inspirational to report on the weight side. I fluctuated this week between 227-230, but I am telling myself that once the long runs become more, well,......long, the weight is going to fall off.
I am inspired when I see that someone else has updated us on how they are doing in prep for Seattle, and I eagerly hope for the first entry of Scott and Robert and whoever else has yet to make an appearance.
Keep at it everybody. I feel privileged to be part of the experience.
Jonathan
Been busy over here too. But I'm slotted to run early this afternoon somewhere between tutoring, grading, packing, Xmas partying and raising my child. We'll see if I manage it.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure we can snag a jogging stroller somewhere in the burg.