A Family Affair

Well as luck would have it all of us are sick... I got Lilli's cold and gave it back to her as well as Steph.
I am miserable. I feel worse than death warmed over, plus I waited an hour to get in to see my doctor. I am currently waiting in the exam room for him.
Looks like I might get an early vacation from work this week - as well as from running...

Run Down

I am the type of guy that never gets sick. Never.

Okay, on occasion I do - I am human. But it is very rare that I get sick and I pride myself on this. But I am at one of those rare occasions right now where I am sick. The many months of long hours and high stress at work, little sleep at home have caught up to me. It started as just an annoying sore through on Thursday and seems to be getting worse. I have slept most of the day today (which I must have really needed) and my throat is still sore - lots of drainage issues. I almost feel as bad as the time I had Mono... hopefully it won't get that bad - I was out of work for 3 weeks I think...

That's all for now... time for more sleep...

D.IN.O Trail Run #2 Race Report

This past Saturday was race #2 in the spring series of D.IN.O. I decided to attempt the 15k again to better my previous 15k trail run - which shouldn't have been too hard.

The weather was much nicer this time around - It was sunny and about 34 degrees at the start. The day just got better from there. I must have change clothes at least twice when deciding on what to wear. I ended up with shorts and three layers on top plus a hat and gloves. I actually ended up too hot towards the end, so the hat and gloves came off. 

The race was held at Mounds State Park in Anderson, Indiana. It is a very scenic park with some great trails - nice wide paths most of the time, but also quite a lot of stairs which made it very challenging.

Long story short - my time was 1:25:31 for an average pace of 9:11/mile. Not where I wanted to be, but not bad considering the stairs. It definitely showed I have a lot of training to do for Dances With Dirt in May...

This weekend was Lilli's 5 month birthday... wow, I can't believe how quickly she is growing... my good friend Brooke came over Saturday evening and watch Lilli for a few hours while Steph and I got out for dinner (we actually were able to eat at the same time) and then some relaxing shopping. We missed Lilli very much, but it was nice to get out for just a little "alone" time.

Today we continued our pre-spring cleaning that we had started on Saturday and still have a long way to go, but hopefully will get the inside stuff done soon, so I can be outside to whip the yard back into shape when the weather gets nicer.

Easter "Lilli"

Today was Lillian's first Easter and it was her baptism at church today. Here she is in her Easter / baptism dress... isn't she just adorable? She was so good during the church service today. There was an orchestra on hand and she just loved listening to the music. She didn't cry at all - not even during the baptism. Our little girl is growing up so fast... I can't believe she'll be 5 months old in just 6 days...

Happy Easter