Love/Hate Relationship

I have this love/hate relationship with the time change. It was great to have a little light on our early morning run Tuesday, but my son has refused to accept the change which means we all have been missing an hour of sleep since Saturday night...not fun! I hope he adjusts to it eventually. And yes, we try keeping him up later, but he still wakes up at the same time every day...oh well.

Since I don't have much of a choice, I'll just focus on the positive. It was light by the end of our 9 mile run yesterday, and that was really nice! We kept a good pace and finished 9 miles feeling really good. This morning I did 3 miles on the treadmill focusing on speed. For the first 2 miles I increased speed every quarter of a mile. On the last mile I increased every tenth of a mile. Then I did a core workout. It was a great way to start a Wednesday! Tomorrow we'll run 9 miles again.

We met Daddy for a picnic for lunch today. It's so beautiful here today - in the 70's in November! Crazy!

I can't believe how much I love this little guy! I am so thankful that God blessed us with him! He has come such a long way from 2 pounds, 15 ounces!











Oh so fun.















I love how big the 12 month pants are on my 18 month old peanut. :)










I posted the other day about my shoe problems, and I have great news! I have now run 9 miles outside and 3 on the treadmill...and have no pain and no blisters!! I am so excited. If they are still good tomorrow after 9 miles I will know that I have finally found the shoes for me. All the other shoes started giving me problems either the first or second time I wore them so I'm feeling really good about these. I definitely agree with Michelle that it's trial and error!

And, because I know everyone is dying to see my shoes, here's a picture.


Out with the old, ugly Brooks in with the new, cuter ones! :) I know, I know...looks don't matter...but they are much cuter.













No wonder my toes hurt...no tread left on the front as my toes smash into the front - ouch!









If you need a good read, check out Rae's blog here. She has come so far with her running in 6 months! It's amazing what you can do if you put your mind to it! She is a true inspiration...plus she has 3 really cute kiddos! :)