Day 99: Sunshine, My Old Friend... Where Have You Been?

The sun shined at my house most of the day and unfortunately I wasn’t home.  Meanwhile on the north side of Atlanta it rained most of the morning.  I swear it’s like I have clouds following me.  I feel like Eeyor.  I didn’t see the sun until 3:30 this afternoon.

I had to go for a jog in the sun when I got home.  Instead of the steady pace of 4 miles an hour that I am so capable of I opted more for the sprint/jog/walk routine.  Similar to what I have been doing at the gym. 

Jog for 4 or 5 minutes. Then walk for a minute or two.  Lastly run flat out for a minute or two.  I followed that and much to my amazement I still pulled down a mile in thirteen and some change and would up doing a little over two miles in thirty minutes. 

It reminded me of a friends running book that I read a while ago.  It was based around long distance runner and marathon running.  In it the coach was trying to convince people that if they split their time between even parts of running and walking they could make better times during marathons.  It went on to provide examples of people that shaved significant times off their best times following the run walk method. 

On a different note the other thing the book advocated was long slow runs to improve your stamina as well.  I remember it stated something to the affect that running slow for two hours was more beneficial than being able to run flat out for an hour. 

Daily Recap:

Matt and Kelly: Run/Walk outside in the glorious sunshine absorbing that vitamin D.

Isabella Recap:

She had a good day today.  Grandma came over and sat with her for a while which she loved.  This evening we had a chance to sit outside and enjoy our back yard for the first time in a week. Although she has a hitch in her get-a-long she enjoyed chasing the neighbor’s cat on one side of the yard and barking at the kids playing in the woods behind our house on other side.  For the first time in two days she climbed up and down the steps with no problem and generally seemed like her old self. 

This is my baby today enjoying the sun!

I have always called her my 130lbs lap dog.