This morning was supposed to be our third run of the week, but Alyssa and I both decided that we needed to take it a bit easier since we had just run yesterday. So we switched our schedule and did a brisk 5k walk in just under 1 hour.
I was a little worried about Alyssa's stamina since she wanted to take a lot of breaks. I think that part of the problem is the monotony of walking around a track 16 times. In the last mile we kind of made up a little game that we decided to call "track tag". That actually gave her more motivation to stick with it, and turned a brisk walk into a periodic sprint trying to get away from her poking!
We made the 5k in just under 1 hour, which was right where I was hoping, mostly because it gives us a goal. I'm not sure if Alyssa is old enough, but we both decided to work toward doing the Graffiti Me 5K run at Ogden in October. I think this will be good for her since part of the fun of this is that people along the way will throw color at you (you wear a white shirt) and you end up with a sort of tie-dyed shirt by the end.
Alyssa and I also decided that we are going to restart the "Cross Country" run. She's going to help with a little geography information based on where I am while I provide the memories I have of the states that I pass through. We plan to start that next week, so our first entry on Monday will be about our starting point: Seattle, WA.
Wish us luck in our endeavors!
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