So many ideas for new posts, so few opportunities to get them done. Some of these ideas will take a little research, so for now, I thought I’d just tell you about the weekend, or at least the fitness/active parts.
We celebrated both boys’ birthdays with a kids party this weekend, and for some of the parts of the weekend, we did a little divide and conquer with the boys. That (and the beautiful weather) gave me my first opportunity to go for a run with Shark Boy in the Chariot.
I hadn’t been doing a lot of running these past weeks due to 1.) work schedule 2.) trying to manage my Achilles tendonitis, but I do have the end of season 5 Peaks Trail Run coming up, so it was good to get out there again. Taking it easy, and not a long distance, but at least I was running.
Getting Shark Boy to ride in the Chariot involves stopping at a park so he can play a bit, it’s just part of the deal. It had rained that morning, so the equipment was wet, and I had done a little upper body strength work the day before, but I got some squat and lunge variations (and a few inverted rows) done on the playground equipment. No one was there to see, but Shark Boy seemed intrigued… maybe I can rope him into doing workouts with me in the future!
I also found out that he would have preferred to ride behind the bike instead of being pushed while running, which set us up to go biking the next day!
While I’m still annoyed at how Bike Trails in Mississauga can dead end or even worse, spit you out onto busy roads without a means of connecting back onto a bike network, I managed to put a small ride together in limited time. That time was subtracted from with, you guessed it, another playground visit.
Hope you had a good weekend too… Days are getting shorter and colder, so get out there while you can!
