Saturday Morning Run

Ran easy with Karen. I talked to her into doing the extra mile to finish with five miles. She said we should run a Healthy Kids 5K race as a family. We saw a couple of workers fixing the pavement on the trail. The grass on the Ashton X-country field has been recently mowed. It looks very nice. Fall is track and field season.

CRWC

Again, swimming at the olympic pool. Tried to swim the whole length doing front crawl, probably two laps.  The rest of them, I did half front crawl, and then when I start drowning, I truned around and do back stroke.  When will I be able to swim a few laps without getting so tired?  I finished a lap, and I felt excaltly like when I run 400 mts intervals!  almost dead! My new swimming class starts on Monday.  I hope it helps me improve my swimming endurance.

I discovered Lori Bradley's blog. She is such a good writer, and she is so deep in her thoughts. I am getting to know her better through her blog!

First Day of School

A lot of kids got together at the corner of the street waiting for the school bus. The kids looked happy to get together again and parents were there with their cameras. It rained quite a lot this morning, but it stopped raining by the time we were standing there.
Received an e-mail from Sophia's teacher.  That was nice of her sending e-mails to the parents.

Speed Workout

Ran with the RunningWild group at the UI track.  Did 8 X 400 mts with 3 min rest. Ran with Nathalie and Orlando.  They are two young great runners. Ben and his wife were there too.  There were mor than twenty people!  Kudos for RunningWild!

CRWC Olympic Pool

I thought the diving well would be open this morning. Had to swim in th eolympic pool. I started front crawl, but after 25 m, I change to back stroke, which is easier for me. I am still very intimidated by the length of the olympic pool. I signed up for the intermediate swimming class which starts on Monday 27th. My goal is to better my forms, so I can swim the olympic pool without getting so tired.

RunningWild East Route

Got up early enough to make it to RunningWild. Saw Ryan and Kelly and went running with them. Kelly is running the Chicago Marathon and Ryan the Twin Cities Marathon.  I decided to go for twelve miles. Met Wendy and ran back with her.

Three africans (Uganda, Kenya, and Kenya) got medals in Men's Marathon in London. Meb got a respectful fourth place and Ryan Hall DNF.

Saturday

Got up and went out for a run with Karen. I convinced her to do the five-mile bicycle trail loop. Nice cool morning.