Ouch, ouch

I had a great 5 mile run last Monday. Was looking for another great 5 mile run Thursday until that pesky left knee started giving me fits at about 2.5 miles. I always do a minimum of 3.1 miles, so that's what I did, since the pain was getting more intense. When I got home, I placed a bag of mixed vegetables on it to ease the pain for about 20 mins. The pain has dulled, but I can still feel it. Thought I would do the 5 mile Turkey Trot on Thursday, but am feeling unsure if my knee will hold up. I am staying off it & stretching. At least my right ITB issues are virtually over! :)

I missed last Saturday's run because I was taking the Praxis II. It went better than I expected, but I never studied or read anything about Confuscius, Erik Erickson, or Karl Marx which was what 3 of the questions were about (do elementary age students learn this stuff??). Also, they had some classroom management questions & I was never an education major or minor. Was thankful there were no essay questions & grammar. It was mostly reading comprehension (my strength) and mathematics.

Will was out of town on a youth camping trip, so Lena got to stay with my parents while I took the exam. I took it at MC & my folks don't live too far from there. She spends more time with Will's parents because we live less than a mile from each other. My dad wanted her to stay over night, but with the recent arrival of my nephew Nathan James, aka Peanut, there would be 2 babies in the house wanting a late night/early morning feeding. My dad has a fondness for babies; it's cute to watch him with Lena. He adores her.

Happy Thanksgiving & Happy Training Everyone! :)

Getting Back Into The Groove

For the first time in weeks, I managed to get 2 training runs in this week. Monday, I ran 5 miles & was pretty slow because it was rather warm & I wasn't properly hydrated. Thursday was better; I only did 3.1 miles, but I was faster. Will has something to do nearly every night each week, so yoga is going to be out until I can figure out evening childcare. *sigh*

Lena is growing like a weed. She's starting to get chubby. I'm sure she weighs 10 lbs now, if not she's pretty close to it. She wakes up about every 2.5 to 4 hours for a feeding & diaper change. It's not difficult getting her to go to sleep. What's difficult is getting her to burp. She hates taking a break from feeding to burp. But, once she does, she burps like a grown man. Once she burped so loud I wondered if she'd displaced her spleen. Even with her small size she manages to make me laugh. I taught her a little "peek a boo" game where we both pretend to go to sleep. She's pretty good at it and she smiles really big & coos when she manages to outsmart me. That's when I laugh. As you can tell from the picture, she's a daddy's girl. Will loves taking her just about every where he goes. And, she likes cuddling with him during nap time.

Hope to see y'all tomorrow at Fleet Feet. :)