Awesome 3000 Training Week #2

Sunday, March 20th - Hailey was active at church and both Hailey and Derek did 11 minutes of Kids Yoga Our training plan for Sunday tells to have fun and be active. For kids that can be just about anything. Hailey always runs around after church so that would probably count. Rob was playing on the floor doing crazy games and wrestling with all three kids. Then we tried the Kids Yoga from Comcast On Demand. At first Derek had no interest (and I am letting him do what he wants since he's only three), but he wanted to join in. It is a mix of stretching and basic poses, but you pretend you are going on a picnic etc. There are kids on the video. I know the Sprout Goodnight show does something similar. I was glad it was not too new agey. There were different "stories" so I am sure they will want to try another one later this week. She's really excited about putting stickers on the charts when we complete a workout. She's much more positive about running than I have ever seen. I think a positive attitude and making it fun helps. Monday, March 21st - Hailey ran 2 minutes and walked 2 minutes for three intervals. Derek ran and played. Our schedule calls for rest, but she wanted to run. Since we'll be at Great Wolf Lodge later in the week, it made sense to run today. Hailey again did really good today. She was asking to run and really wanted to do it today which was great. When she ran with me last spring, she lost interest so quickly and didn't want to do it again. She got a little more tired today, but her pace was also faster. It helped to have a target to focus us. She would put her water bottle down and we would do a full lap and focus on running back to the water. It was taking her about two minutes do a lap, but now it's more like 1:45. Derek ran a little bit too, but mostly on his own pace and wherever he wanted to go. Tuesday, March 22nd - Hailey climbed, jumped, and ran all morning and played outside in the afternoon. Hailey was really active today because we spent most of the morning at the indoor playground. She was active the whole entire time--climbing the slide, jumping in the castle etc. In the afternoon she played outside 20 minutes or so and ran around the backyard. Wednesday, March 23rd - Hailey ran up and down the hill at Margie's house I am not sure how much Hailey actually ran beacuse I wasn't there. She was pretty active running up and down the hill. She took a hike in the woods with Margie. We were going to run at 5PM when I picked her up, but the weather was horrible. So we skipped it. I'm assumming she got enough of a workout. Thursday, March 24th - Hailey cross trained (swimming at Great Wolf Lodge) Hailey was in the water most of the afternoon. Friday, March 25th - Hailey cross trained (walking) Hailey did a lot of walking around Portland Saturday, March - Rest We had planned on running later in the afternoon, but it did not work out due to time restraints and the weather. We'll make it up next week.