So we are pretty sure that Simeon has decided to give up sleeping for lent. Ugh, I don't even remember the last time he took a nap that was longer than an hour and yet we still have to pull his two little teeth to get him to take an afternoon nap. He just wants to play so badly! Fortunately he hasn't been really fussy, only a little bit. He knows when he's fussy we try to put him to sleep so he's careful to act cheerful :) Anyway, I was having Simeon frustrations today. Seth has tests next week so he is in panicy, study and ignore Kristina mode. Just kidding. He is just really busy and he does have a lot of studying to do. So It's been a rough two weeks. So like I said, I was having Simeon frustrations. Fortunately he went to bed without a fight (something that has become rare as of late), and was asleep by 6:45. It was still light and warm and so I laced up my running shoes and headed out. I told Seth that if I really needed to pound something into the pavement and I'm sure he'd much rather it be my shoes than him :). So because I had some anxiety to burn off I ran my first mile pretty good pace, much too fast considering that I wanted to run 3 miles today. My left knee was hurting, which I thought was odd since it is always my right knee that hurts. My shins weren't hurting in that first mile though, so I was grateful. The area I added to my route had an uphill, so that is good to help me prepare for running up main street on Saturday (Ugh). 3 miles is really an estimate but I'm sure it has to be close. I will measure tomorrow. Anyway, aerobically, I felt great. No breathing problems, no side stitch. Unfortunately the rest of me didn't take it so well. The last two blocks I think I was really just hoveling and limping at a slow running pace. My shins were killing me and my ankles felt like they did after I had the baby, all swollen and stiff. So I was really glad to shuffle back only my street. Still, I'm glad that I won't have to have that experience for the first time on Saturday ;) Plus that will give me tomorrow to recover and Friday to have an easy run. I've found that after three days of good runs outside my shins can only take about a half mile or so. So tomorrow they deserve a good rest.
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