Anyone that has young kids can probably relate to this: the relatively constant bickering between siblings over seemingly ridiculous topics. This morning as I was heading out for a couple hours of base mileage on the road bike my lovely bride was trying to get my two daughters in the tub to get cleaned up for a day trip to the Discovery Museum.
As soon as I heard the first squeal from Caitlin I knew this was going to be another 'interesting' fight amongst my girls. Cait wanted the right side of the tub and Meghan wanted the same. If you've read "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" then you may remember that men like to solve problems, and women like to talk about problems. Believe me brother not only is that the absolute truth, it is in the genes. I immediately went into problem solving mode and was promptly corrected by the 6 year old that I should just listen to her problem!!!! Amazing, I'm already being corrected by the youngest of women in my household!!!
So I went out for 40 easy miles and felt pretty good. Got home just in time to clean up and put on the Colts-Chargers game. It was the first time that my little boy and I got to watch a game together just the two of us (he's just 6 months old and rarely away from Mom's side). What a nice peaceful day we had watching Norv Turner pull out the victory. Congratulations to the Chargers, but let's face it, the Patriots are going to the Super Bowl.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Monday, January 7, 2008
Happy New Year!
Well, I've started mixing some short runs in with my limited riding time-I have been more faithful to the trainer than I have been in the past, managing to get in three rides per week though I can really only stand to be on the thing for an hour max.
My first day out running was a joke-I thought that a few 15 minute "intervals" split by 5 minutes of walking would make sense for the first time out. While the fitness part of this is fine, my legs took an absolute BEATING. I couldn't walk the next day. So I took a couple of days off to recup and then tried again; but the second time I cut the intervals down to 10 minutes, and did only two of them with a 5 minute walk in between. I definitely felt much better the day after (though I don't feel like I'm getting a great workout just yet, my legs apparently need to get used to running). I still have time to build up to an hour before the St. Patrick's Day run, and my only real goal is to have some fun with my sister and not hate it the entire time. Maybe then I can get her out on the bike a bit more.
In other news, Meghan (the illustrious 6 year old in our brood) has completed two successful alpine ski lessons. We're really proud of her and she seems to be having a complete blast. Thus far team sports don't seem to be much more than a social outlet for her; she seems to enjoy individual sports more (tennis was her favorite last summer). I guess at this point the only thing that really matters is interest and enthusiasm though the comaraderie of team sports was always really fun for me when I was a kid.
Well time to go hit the trainer for an hour and then hit the sack.
See you on the road!
My first day out running was a joke-I thought that a few 15 minute "intervals" split by 5 minutes of walking would make sense for the first time out. While the fitness part of this is fine, my legs took an absolute BEATING. I couldn't walk the next day. So I took a couple of days off to recup and then tried again; but the second time I cut the intervals down to 10 minutes, and did only two of them with a 5 minute walk in between. I definitely felt much better the day after (though I don't feel like I'm getting a great workout just yet, my legs apparently need to get used to running). I still have time to build up to an hour before the St. Patrick's Day run, and my only real goal is to have some fun with my sister and not hate it the entire time. Maybe then I can get her out on the bike a bit more.
In other news, Meghan (the illustrious 6 year old in our brood) has completed two successful alpine ski lessons. We're really proud of her and she seems to be having a complete blast. Thus far team sports don't seem to be much more than a social outlet for her; she seems to enjoy individual sports more (tennis was her favorite last summer). I guess at this point the only thing that really matters is interest and enthusiasm though the comaraderie of team sports was always really fun for me when I was a kid.
Well time to go hit the trainer for an hour and then hit the sack.
See you on the road!
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