Busy Saturday

I just wanted to check in before I head to bed.  It ended up being a pretty busy day...but not exactly productive.  My race this morning went well, except that IT.WAS.COLD!!  I knew it would be chilly to run, but I wasn't expecting 22 and a little windy.  Plus, the course is right on the river so the wind off the water was nice and biting.  Made my eyes water.  It was a good turn out, there were tons of people there.  The start of the race was a little messy and jumbled but smoothed out fairly quickly.  My legs felt a little heavy, but I think it was just the cold.  I was able to pass a lot of people on the way there and back and only got passed a few times.  At the finish, I was able to hold off the person behind me which I can NEVER do.

Time: 25.09
Distance: 3.07
Avg. Pace: 8:11/min. miles

I'm really happy with this time.  Especially since last weekend was 26:10, a whole minute off a week later...I'll take it!  It helped that there was no snow on the course this time (same course too) .  It felt good to get inside and warm up after the run.  They served a breakfast, but the line was so long I skipped and had a bagel and found some coffee which is just what I needed.  The results took forever but ended up being worth the wait.  I managed to squeak out 3rd place for my age group.  The results are still not up to see how I did overall. 

As expected, my running partner Jenny smoked me.  I'm anxious to see the results to see how she did.  It helps me that she's in the age group below me, gives me a fighting chance for those medals  :)

After the run, I headed to a Pancake Breakfast here in town to meet up with my in-laws and Aidyn.  Then, it was home for a little bit of resting and a quick power nap.  When I did get myself moving again I baked a cake and made some peanut butter frosting for my mother-in-law's birthday.  I also made a white bean dip with pita bread and veggies and put together a salad with a warm bacon dressing to take to their house for dinner.   I was running late (big surprise) so I didn't get any pictures taken of my food.  I'll try again tomorrow with the leftovers. 

Overall, dinner was great.  I had to pull a mean mommy tonight though and Aidyn was not allowed to enjoy cake and ice cream with the rest of us (for my chocolate/ice cream fiend, this was a major catastrophe).  She's been giving me a bit of a hard time with eating and not wanting to eat even though I know she likes what is being served.  So far, giving her clear instructions on how much she has to eat (3 bites of meat and 3 more broccoli) has been working just fine.  Tonight though, she was not having it.  She ate all the meat I told her to, but she refused to eat one little tiny bite of potatoes.  I had to tell her either eat the tiny bite or no cake and ice cream.  She wouldn't eat it, so I had to stay strong on my decision.  I'm a very "pick your battles" mom and tonight I was willing to battle.  So, we enjoyed cake and ice cream to the sound of Aidyn's sobs in the next room.  Don't worry, she was over it in less than an hour and we happily went about our evening.  Lesson learned?  I guess we'll see next time.   

Man, I need to get to bed.  I wasn't sure what my workout plan was for tomorrow yet, but as long as the sun is out a little bit I think I will be running with my friend Stephanie.  She needs to get in 6 since she didn't do the race today and I could probably use a nice long slow run.  We'll see how the day goes. 

Good night!