A run with my girl

My daughter was very determined to run with me today.  She was also quite sure she wanted to run all the way with me.  It took quite a bit of convincing that a mile would be a long way for her and I was planning on 7. 

She didn't walk once for the first .77 miles and ran happy the whole way.  We turned around then and walked a little, hydrated, had a photo session then started back.  She had to walk a little more on the way back and agreed that 7 miles was not what she wanted to do yet after all, but someday when she got bigger she assured me.

Once we got close to the shop where my Dad and brother were busy doing some maintenance on the combines she assured me she could go the rest of the way back by herself.  My sister's house is just down the hill from the shop, so I waved goodbye to little cowgirl and started off on the rest of my run.

love her little running capris and skirt

I did another mile until I got to a hilly part of the road and ran some hill repeats.  Everything felt pretty good, just a niggle in my quad that was less and less as the run progressed.  I did stop and eat some chokecherries.  Yum

I ended up 7.7 miles counting the 1.1 miles I ran with my daughter. 

Couple of randoms.

Ragnar Colorado is now a month away!  I at this point have reconciled with the fact that I am going to just run my legs at easy pace and not worry about how fast I am going. 

My kids found out who their teachers are going to be and are excited about that.  My daughter will have for kindergarten that same teacher I had for third grade.  My son will have a gal who is also a runner and is awesome.  Her son will also be in my son's class.  Two weeks until school starts!