Day 21

Last night when I went to bed it was raining. All I could think about is how humid is was going to be in the morning. When my alarm went off this morning I was hoping that it would still be raining and we couldn’t workout, but no - not at 5am! I’m not that lucky…

The girls were slow to wake up this morning, so I was in the living room trying not to yell too loudly at them to hurry up. Kiki walked into the living room wearing pajamas and tennis shoes and holding a sweatshirt in one hand. I just shook my head – whatever – it’s dark outside anyway and no one will see… I just kept wondering though why it took her 15 minutes to get ready – I know she didn’t brush her teeth or comb her hair or change clothes – so hmmmm?

Off to the school we went. My goal this morning was 4 miles. We could do it; we’ve done it before!

It didn’t happen!

Mile 1 was almost perfect. We came around the last corner and Kiki’s shoe comes flying off, again! Really!? I yell at her to tie her shoe and she yells back – I did! So she grabs the shoe and finishes running the 1st mile with one shoe on. We get close to the street light and I look down at her shoes (which are actually my shoes) and get mad. Yes, she tied her shoes, but failed to mention that she loosened ALL of the laces, so she could just slip her foot into the shoe. No wonder it came flying off – I’m surprised the other one didn’t follow. I tell (ok yelled) at her to tighten all the laces and tie the shoes the right way, so we can get going! Off we go – running/walking mile 2, but during this mile, we increased our run time to make up the time lost waiting for Kiki to fix her shoes. We get half way through mile 2 and the girls started to walk slower after every run. “This is crap! We need to keep our heart rates up and walk fast (ok, not that fast) after we run”, I keep telling them. Finally mile 2 ended and I had had enough. I told the girls to start running about 7 seconds before I started to run, so I wouldn’t be passing them again. We came to the first walking interval and I caught up to them (yes, my big butt was walking slow and I still caught up to them)! I told them to run and every interval after that if I caught up to them, they would run to the very end of the corner. Half of mile 3 was spent mostly running. Both girls were crying and Kitty was yelling at Kiki to walk faster because she was tired! Mile 3 was done and over within 11 minutes! (oh yeah - doing the cabbage patch - I have the strenght to do it now...) We’re all 3 dripping with sweat and both of the girls are mad at me. I finally just break down and tell them that weigh-in is tomorrow, they got into trouble and didn’t work out or eat right while I was gone, and they have to decide if this is what they really want! But, before I could continue my motivating speech, it started to rain.

I guess the rain forced their endorphins to come out of hiding because they were in a better mood on the drive home. I got Jillian Michaels back from her short lived vacation at Blockbuster, so we will try to tackle (survive) level 1 again tonight – oh boy…

Breakfast was one scrambled egg with low fat cheese on a whole wheat thin sandwich round.

Tomorrow morning - I’m thinking obstacle course in addition to running – we’ll see…