Days 38, 39, 40 & 41

I would like to begin by giving a “shout out” to the Lamesa U8 girls softball team, who went undefeated to win this weekend’s All Start Tournament Championship! WhoHoo! (My sister was one of the coaches…)

It was a busy weekend – no formal workouts, but there were lots of calories burned under the hot Texas sun! I had family down this weekend to watch the All Star Tournament, so it was a fun time. My mom FINALLY read my blog and expressed her pride in our success and my writing – she recommended that I write a book. (I had to explain to her that I will be writing a book, but THAT book will not be discussed here and it is projected to sell more than 50 million copies worldwide (okay, my projection...) ).

This morning I changed up our intervals. I didn’t focus on time, but rather on distance. Each side had a long run and recovery and the end had two full speed sprint runs and one short recovery in between. I have to admit that the full speed runs felt pretty good once I got past the knees popping and the ankles crackling! We get through the 1st and most of the 2nd mile fine, but Kitty and Kiki decided that they didn’t want to jog very fast. I could WALK behind them – that’s how fast they were going! Kiki starts to complain that her side hurts, so she needs water and Kitty is complaining about being out of breath. “I don’t care! Turn around and get started on Mile 3!” No, I wasn’t going to let them quit or stop for water or anything else for that matter when they were working at half pace! So, now Kiki is crying and Kitty is mad and I am “stimulating their motivation” (thanks Ted for the alternative word to YELLING). Kitty is way out in front of us now because she is mad and she knows that if I catch up to her she has to run more. Kiki is still crying and wasting all of her energy on crying instead of focusing on her breathing.

Kitty finishes the last long run and Kiki and I are not far behind. It comes down to the last 30 feet and I tell Kiki to run full speed and make it a great finish. She sucks it up one more time and just as soon as she hits the internal “GO”, she trips over her own feet and falls to the ground. She didn’t hurt herself, but now she is really mad at me and is completely balling! I try to jokingly tell her that she broke the concrete and not to worry because Kitty didn’t see, but she is upset. She gets over it by the time cool-down is over, but informs me that she thinks she has a thorn in her elbow. (She doesn’t…she just needed a little mommy TLC.)

Today, we are cracking down on our eating. Along with the biggest loser cookbook, I have found some great advice and tips on Doctor Oz’s website – doctoroz.com. (Thanks mom!)

Also, I think we will be cleaning and decluttering this week too – one thing (drawer, cabinet, counter, closet) at a time.

Building Blocks – start small and build up!

If anyone’s out there - what is your building block this week?