mgrill's Journal, 12 August 2014

Finally have the chance to log a journal about the bike race this past weekend. The kids did great...I'm one proud momma.

My 6YO son wanted to help my daughter out in her race. Yes, my 19 month old daughter did a little 50 yard bike race. It's always a cute event for the kids. He helped push her little push car to the finish line and as the volunteers handed out ribbons, she was signing "more" as she still wanted to keep going.

Immediately following her 'race', my son had to line up for his event. Just a little 1 mile race, but he does it all by himself (in the past I've run it along side him). His race began and I started running along and taking short cuts so that I could take pictures of him on the course. There came a point that I couldn't keep ahead of him, so I just said, "see you at the finish buddy" and watched him go.

Once out of sight, I turned around and to my surprise, up the road comes my daughter on her push car. Dad was walking alongside her as she was adamant on doing it by herself. I figured once she caught up to where I was standing, she'd hang out and wait with me. Nope! She saw the other racers take the corner and she was going to do the same. I tried to lure her back, but she'd just wave and say, "bye!"

So husband continued on with her and I waited for my son near the finish. He did great! I ran with him through the finish line, he too got his finishers ribbon, and we proceeded to the refreshments...which is why I think he likes to do these races to begin with.

After grabbing a few donut holes and some water, we walked back out to the course to see if we could find little sister and dad. They were finally coming around the corner to cheers of some loyal fans. My husband said she did about a third of the course on her own and then she needed help being pushed back to the finish line. My son opted to ride his bike back out to meet her on the course, and he rode with her back through the finish.

As much as I miss my days of bike racing, I can't explain how thrilled I am to see my kids take to the sport. I hope it is something they continue to pursue in the years to come.

The rest of the weekend was pretty much either resting or trying to keep up with the kiddos. We had some great weather so it was nice to get outside and run around. I don't need a planned workout routine on the weekends as I have those 2 to keep up with :-)

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1583 kcal

Fat: 43.35g | Prot: 113.33g | Carb: 190.44g.   Breakfast: Alacer Corp Emergen-C Blue, Coffee, America's Choice Bacon Thick Sliced, Plain Pancakes. Lunch: America's Choice Bacon Thick Sliced, Oscar Mayer 96% Fat Free Smoked Turkey Breast, Nature's Harvest Sunflower Kernels, Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese, Brownberry Natural Wheat Bread, GNC Amplified Wheybolic Extreme 60 - Vanilla, Simply Orange 100% Pure Orange Juice, Cucumber (with Peel). Dinner: Trader Joe's Fingerling Potatoes, Milk (Nonfat), Corn, Skinless Chicken Breast. Snacks/Other: Kid Z Bar Protein, Golden Delicious Apples, Blue Diamond Habanero BBQ Almonds, Westby Cottage Cheese. more...

1862 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Running - 6/mph - 20 minutes, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 10 minutes, Resting - 7 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 7 hours, Desk Work - 8 hours, Driving - 1 hour. more...