Running

My dad is here for a few days visiting and he watched the boys this morning while I went running. It rained all day and was cool so I didn't want to take the boys with me today. It was perfect weather though in my opinion. Cool enough that I was a little chilly for about 5 minutes and raining just hard enough to be refreshing.

It was so weird running without the jogging stroller. When I started my run I felt like I was forgetting something. I found my stride a lot quicker than I expected which was encouraging since I have my 10 mile race in just 2 weeks. Running with the stroller really changes how I run.

Our neighborhood is pretty hilly but without the stroller, the hills felt like nothing today. It probably helped that I was also rested (I haven't run in a week). I ran 4.5 miles at 9:25 pace today which is almost a minute faster per mile than I usually do with the boys. I'm still not fast, but I'm happy with my progress so far.

I'm down to about 132 lbs. So I've lost 32 lbs so far with 13 lbs more to go. If I'd stop eating everything I see I'd probably be losing weight a little quicker but nursing makes me so hungry all the time (plus I'm drinking too much soda because I need caffeine to survive right now).