Two Hot Ones

Well, it's been hot and thunderstorms - typical for July in North Carolina - but the Princess and Turtle don't mind sweat!

Before our trip on July 31, Evan and I managed to squeeze in two brief runs on Sunday, July 24 and Tuesday, July 26.

Evan keeps telling me that he is not going to wear his pedometer with me until I reach my goal of two miles. Well, it has yet to be reached but (there always is one), I think HIS pedometer calculates faster than MY pedometer! We reached nearly two miles the first time we used HIS pedometer.

And honestly, while I enjoy the time with Evan, I think my body is made for walking while Evan's is totally made for running. Regardless, as Evan says, "I'm hanging in there with you, mommy" (until I reach my two miles)!

And "hanging" he did on Sunday, July 24 with stats from MY pedometer:
Time: 27:04
Distance: 1.212
Calories: 71.7
Steps: 2970
Pace: 0.6

The photo was taken a bit after our run since Evan quickly discovered his little brother playing a new Wii game as soon as we walked in the door; hence his "awwww, do we haaave to take a picture" face.

Our second run of the week on Tuesday, July 26 included a guest since Daddy was busy getting things together for our trip.

I keep telling Evan that Eric is too short to run with us (aside from the fact that the running is our time together) but of course kids are smart, especially mine :), and the bike sort of worked. Actually it would have worked well had Eric kept pedaling and stopped talking!

This run was a lot of stop and start and Evan, as usual, ahead of us most of the time but it did give Daddy a few minutes alone to collect his thoughts!

Again, stats from MY pedometer came in at:
Time: 20:19
Distance: 1.072
Calories: 80.9
Steps: 2207
Pace: 0.6

Happy Running!