Swimming

Troy's farmor has a heated pool, and Troy has used it a lot during his vacation from daycare. He loves being in the pool, and over the weekend he actually started swimming. For now he can only swim under water, and only a few strokes at a time. I am really proud of him.
Tomorrow his 3 weeks off from daycare is over, and he has to go back. He is not happy about it, but I think he might enjoy seing his friends again.

My little charmer

Troy has never had much success in whining or throwing tantrums. I've pretty much ignored him when he has tried to use such measures to get what he wants. That said he has figured out how to get what he wants though. Knowing that I will give in if he is really sweet.
Phrases that he often uses:
Mom, I love you so much
Mom, I didn't know it was possible to get a mom as great as you
There is no better mother in the entire world than you mom.

If I get mad at him he looks at me and says: Mom, I think that I should stop whining and you should stop being mad. Let's just be friends!

Troy's Stomach

The doctor's have finally figured out why Troy keeps having stomach aches. It seems like he is a little impatient when he goes to the bathroom and is not able to get out as much as he should. That creates a build up that causes pain. It feels great to finally know why he keeps having pains. Now we just need to make sure he gets enough fibers, fluid and a little medication and he should get rid of the stomach aches.

Garmin 305

Today I bought myself a Garmin 305. It is a gps sports watch that has a built in gps so it can tell you how fast and how far you've run at all times. I tried it out today and it was fantastic, it really kept me on track with the pace I want to run at this time.

I did it!!!

Yesterday we went to Aare to a cabin to have some team building before the race today. We had a few beers and and ended up staying up way past my bedtime. This morning was the race. I was scheduled to run my distance at about 12:30, and at exactly that time my team-mate came running into the stable where I was waiting (not sure why they chose a stable for that, but it worked). I had been having nerves all morning long and when I saw how beat my team-mate was I knew I had a challenge ahead of me. Good thing I didn't know how much. I know I am not in good shape so I started out at a speed I knew I could do. Being that the weather has been crappy until today I did not take into account how much harder it would be to run with the sun blazing. By the time I hit the 1K marker I was starting to kick myself for joining the race. Around the 2K marker my work buddies showed up to cheer me on (I think this was around the time this little ten year old passed me). I forgot to mention that I thought my stretch was supposed to be downhill and flat, and it turned out to be a small incline the entire way (at least it felt that way, looking at the picture it sure looks like it was downhill). By 3K I looked up to see how much further I had to run, and when I saw how far 1K is when you are exhauseted I let out a yelp, and the people on the sideline found my torture amuzing. The last leg of the race was on grass, and that is not easy to run on when your legs do not want to keep moving, but seeing the my team-mate in his blue shirt waiting for me I gave it what little strength I had left. I am not sure about my time yet, but I am sure it was pretty crappy. I am proud of myself for completing the race without any walking. I am glad I have one full year to improve my time, because I will compete again next year!

St. Olavsloppet

Tomorrow is the big race. It is about 6 months ago since the Christmas party where I promised to be a member of my jobs team that will run from Norway to Sweden. Each runner have a distance varying from 12K to 3K. My distance is 4K, and I will run tomorrow. Since I figured I could get out of my commitment I did not start practicing until May. Since there was no getting out of it, and the last time I ran for anything was about 20 years ago I had a lot of catching up to do in a short period of time. The first day I put on my running shoes and decided to go for a run, was scary. I decided to try to run 3K, running may be too strong a word here. I took off and realized that my body did not remember this activity at all. I managed to get through the 3K, and I thought I was going to die, and that after keeping the “impressive” time of 8,5 minutes per K (according to some of my fitter colleagues, that is walking speed). I kept practicing whenever I could find the time, and I finally managed to get through 4K, the time has improved some, but not much. I am now down to about 7 minutes per K for 4K. I am scheduled to run at 6,5 minutes per K tomorrow, heh. I feel a little bit sick to my stomach about this commitment I made, but I am going to do it, and my goal is to get through it somewhere between 6,5 and 7 minutes per K.
I must be a wee bit crazy, since I’ve already promised I will run next year as well.