After some trash talking over Christmas, Brian and I decided that we better get serious about our running. No child of ours will have the unfortunate name of Elrod on our watch. We went and bought new running shoes and a heart rate monitor for Brian. We are ready to take on this 13.1 miles.
Brian was very excited to start running, since he was so fast in high school he thought it would be a cinch. Kate, knowing how hard it was to train for her last half, nodded her head and tried to be supportive.
So, yesterday we decided to get back on the running "saddle". Brian went out for his first run in quite some time (some say years, he will tell you a couple months). 24 minutes after he left the house, he came back. We are both proud of his first run! He completed 1.75 miles, running for most of it, finishing with a "cool down" walk.
Kate helped him stretch and then went for her 6.0 mile run. She definitely is a bit slower than usual, Christmas cookies added a few inches to her already too large thighs. But, she was able to use her new heartrate monitor and finish in under 10 minute miles.
We also bought a scale to assist in our training. Brian and Kate were both a little dismayed by the readout when they stepped on it. Needless to say, we will NOT be posting our weight. Hopefully, we will be able to post our loss as we move closer to April 24, 2010.
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