Judebert

Saturday was my daughters' combined birthday party. We hosted a geocaching and kite-flying party in the park. It was fantastic! The temperature was 89F, and the news said it felt like 109. But we did most of our geocaching in the shade near the river, and we got a little breeze just when we needed it to fly the kites.

However, setting up the caches and running the party meant that I was working from 10:30 AM straight to 6 PM. Walking, lifting, carrying... and an occasional ride in the car to get pizza or batteries. After my normal cardio-only week, which included a 5K run the previous day.

I'm proud to say that my endurance has increased enough to handle it with no problem! Before I started exercising, I wouldn't even have made it past 2 PM. Thanks to all this running, I only quit when my shin, knee, and hip all started hurting while I unpacked the car at home.

Eri insisted that I skip my Monday run, since I'd already done so much work. I agreed, but then I abandoned my good eating principles and stuffed myself. Twice.

My weight is not going to be pretty. Maybe I'll just avoid the scales for a week or two...

At least I'm still running on my regular schedule. And now I know it's helping!