UH OHHH It's Week 3!

3 Minute Runs!!!!!!!!!!!!

"WHAT? What? Why? OMG!" says Zoey as I remind the kids that this week starts week 3 where we will transition to three minute running intervals. Zoey was once again not impressed.

As usual the kids run up to the track ahead of me and try to do something different each time. This has become something of a game with us. This time, they were both "Sleeping" and couldn't start running.

Jesse requested that I get a close up of him....and of course, Zoey HAD TO PHOTO BOMB HIM! Considering Jesse does this to everyone all the time I couldn't tell her no.

Let's face it, it was hot yesterday and I was a bit concerned about how we were all going to do with running for longer intervals, but you know, you have to start somewhere. I reminded Zoey that this longer run was more about pacing herself, keeping her breathing even, and finishing. It doesn't matter how far she gets, she just has to keep going. JUST KEEP SWIMMING! Wait, we're running, not swimming!

The workout today was 5 minute walk, 90 seconds run, 90 seconds walk, 3 minutes walk, 3 minutes walk; repeat, and then a 5 minute cool down. NOW, my goal is for us always to go farther than we went the last time. SO, we always do extra run/walks to get there. We did 6 runs (90 secs, 3 mins, 90 secs, 3 mins, 2 mins, 3 mins) with walks in between and managed to get to 2.5 miles! Another new record for Zoey!

Afterwards we completed 30 squats, 30 crunches, and a 30 second plank. Jesse ran the bleachers 8 times while Zoey and I completed it 4 times.

After it was all said and done I was quite happy with our progress! Zoey refused to take a group selfie after we finished but I managed to get her picture when we got home. Little princess was not happy and wanted to collapse. She was even less happy when I told her she had to eat the chicken and rice that I made for dinner.

Tomorrow we will run again and I know we will smash that 2.5 miles!

OOOOH, I almost forgot, I wore my new Mary Poppins capri running pants for our workout! These pants are from MainStreetBella.com and are unbelievably comfortable! I'm looking forward to wearing them when we go to Disney in October!

Oh yeah, those are my new running shoes (about a  month old now).

Week 2 is DONE - Zoey Did it!

Zoey has made it through two weeks of her 5K training! 

I'll be honest, I was not sure that my baby girl was going to make it.

The whole family was tired on Friday and we didn't make it to the track but I told the kids that we would go on Saturday after Zoey's birthday party. Zoey was not impressed with this!

Zoey's 8th birthday is coming up and we had her party at Young's Skating Center this past Saturday. We skated for 2 1/2 hours! On the way home I reminded the kids that we were going to do our Week 2 Day 3 5K training before dinner. Zoey says "WHAT? What about my presents? Are you really going to make me leave my new presents right away?!?!?!?" UMMM, yeah baby girl! You can handle it!

Jesse just sighed and said "UGH, GIRLS!" LMAO! This kid cracks me up the older he gets!

Well, we made it home and let Zoey open up all of her presents. AND YES, I'm not heartless, I let her play a little bit before we left. I almost gave in and had us skip running today and wait until tomorrow (Sunday) but Jesse said "MOOOMMMMMMM, we need to run, we already skipped yesterday!" You are correct young sir! Unfortunately, Zoey did not see the humor in going running....and tried to get Daddy to help her get out of going.

Oh that face Zoey! She tries so hard to give me any type of pouty face! She hasn't realized, no matter how many times I tell her, that it doesn't work on me. 

Daddy tried to cheer her up and even gave her a finger to chew on. Of course that made her smile but it didn't help when we left for the Stockton University Track.

By the time we arrived, Zoey was NOT feeling it! Poor thing was so unhappy and tried to give smiles but they were so forced.

I couldn't even get her to smile properly when we were showing off our matching snowflake skirts. By the way, we do know that it is August! But who cares, we can wear snowflakes if we want to!

That face!!!!!!!!! LOL!

Even though Zoey wasn't feeling this training session she did pretty well! We did walk/run intervals where the longest run was for 2 minutes and the shortest was for 90 seconds. We completed 2.47 miles which is a new record for Zoey!

After the run, we did 15 pushups, crunches, leg lifts, and ran the bleachers! Even though Zoey isn't happy about all this she did an amazing job. I'm truly proud of her and am quite impressed with her progress.

When I wanted to take our last selfie Zoey said "WHY OH WHY do you have to take all these pictures? I'm really tired!" Well my darling, I take all these pictures because I want to show you how far you've come! XOXO Mommy!

Zoey's 5K Training - Day 5

I love that each time we go out to run Zoey is in a better mood. It makes me feel good to know that she's not so scared about running anymore and can find the joy in it.

Either that or she's faking it really well!

Every time we go to the Stockton Track the kids run ahead of me and have now started to hide from me. I love that they still want to play games with their mom! And that I can still find them!

Jesse was yelling "NO, don't take our picture!"

Customary group selfie and then the pull-up challenge. Jesse tried to change it up a bit by running up and jumping to the bar. He's so close but still can't grab a hold of it. 

Zoey asked why is she always the smallest in the picture? Oh my baby blonde beauty, how I love thee! Jesse made a sound of disgust and we just ignored her question. Sometimes I just can't answer.

As we were doing our five minute warmup power walk I spoke briefly with the two young college kids that were practicing their sprints. Making sure that we weren't going to get in their way. Super nice, super sweet guys. They said "you are definitely not in the way, do your thing momma!" LOVE IT! Jesse and Zoey both told me they would stay out of the guys way. 

In true Bown Family fashion, maybe in true Jesse fashion, we had to make a game out of the run. Zoey started in lane 1, Jesse was in lane 2, and I was in lane 3. For each running interval we were supposed to switch to the next lane....Zoey to lane 2, Jesse to lane 3, and me to lane 4. There are sic running intervals which would have put me in lane 8 by the end. Since we were sharing the track we were only able to move to lane 6 but no worries, we still had fun. 

The not so fun part was after the five minute warmup and the C25K program said to run for 3 minutes. Zoey says "WHAT???? We aren't supposed to be at 3 minute yet!" Seriously folks, she was shreaking this at the top of her lungs!

Apparently, Mommy made a boo boo and didn't change the program to Week 2 Day 2 (AKA Day 5) and left it on Week 4 Day 1. SOOOOO, I ended up just using my garmin watch and told everyone when to walk and when to run. This is definitely NOT ideal for me. When I run, I like to relax and just let the stress go away. Having to watch my watch constantly drives me insane. 

By the end of the session I was getting close to having to take Zoey by the hand. I was really pushing her because she was so lax on Monday. I knew today was going to be hard for her. The last two runs I actually had her run 2 minutes instead of the 90 seconds we were supposed to. She managed but she was NOT happy. 

After the run, we all did 10 push ups and then ran the bleachers. Jesse did 8, while Zoey and I each did 3. Not too shabby!

Zoey was NOT feeling the love of our finishing selfie and definitely faked that smile! She even said "I'm going to fake it!" LOL!

Oh yeah, Zoey also decided to dress up for our run. Who knew that her fancy Frozen skirt was the perfect running skirt. I guess Zoey did! Honestly, though, everything Zoey throws together is adorable. She's just that cute!

As we were leaving the track Zoey says "Hey Jesse, I broke two sweats. How about you?" REALLY! Jesse replies with "ehhhh, maybe one sweat!" Just so you know my children count "sweats" as beads of sweat that run down their face.  When I looked at Jesse, sure enough there was no sweat on his face. I was so not impressed considering I was dripping with sweat!

The kids are really loving "the short track" outside of the main gate and Jesse wanted to see how fast he could go; "Hey mommy, time me!". Jesse ran the short track in 16.15 seconds (up and back). Not too shabby! And he broke another sweat!

On our drive home Jesse was freezing and wrapped himself in his fleece blanket. REALLY, REALLY DUDE, YOU'RE COLD!

I was able to get a snapshot of him

at a stop light! 

Zoey's 4th 5K Training Day!

2nd Week of Training has begun!

Well Zoey made it to the second week of the Couch to 5K (C25K) training! I have to be honest, I did not think she would make it! But she did and I have to give her props! This little girl does not seem deterred from the hard work.

Our 4th training day brought clouds, a nice breeze, and no sun beating on us. This was a huge relief for mom as well.

As with all our other training days, we have to take a customary selfie before we begin. The kids are wanting to do different poses now. Crazy Kids!

I'm not the best at this selfie thing so sometimes 

they may not turn out the best, but we have fun!

Our other tradition has been doing pullups (chinups) before we begin. Jesse is realizing that the bigger he gets the harder it is to do them. Today, of course, we had to take some pictures. 

We got this!

UMMM, what's happening?

OK, I can't do it anymore!

HELP! I can't hold on anymore!!!!!!

Jesse was afraid to do his pullups with Zoey next to him. I think he was afraid of kicking her or something. Zoey is afraid to drop from the bar. Now what you don't see in these pictures is that they cannot get up here on their own. I have to lift them up. I actually cannot reach this bar myself; so it's pretty high up there. 

Jesse wanted to run faster today since it was so nice out. I was fine with that until Zoey wanted to go faster too. Exactly what I thought would happen, happened. Zoey ran for a bit with Jesse and then slowed, and slowed, and slowed. Before long she was barely running. You know this little girl wasn't putting in much effort when she wasn't breathing heavy at all and didn't break a sweat.

SOOOOO, Mommy made her come back and run with me. I really made her work for the 2nd half of this training session; making her keep up with me and I was pushing it. Needless to say here came the heavy breathing at the end of each running interval and the sweat started! She will stick running by my side from now on.

At the end of our run a group of deer were grazing on the soccer field. There were some babies too!

The kids thought it was so cool that several of the deer
looked at us when I was taking the picture. 

After the running intervals were complete (2.24 miles) they had to do 5 pullups or 5 pushups, or a combination there of. All pullups/pushups had to be proper. They both got in 2 pullups and 3 pushups. Then it was off to the bleachers. Jesse ran the bleachers 6 times and Zoey 2 times; I also did 2 sets on the bleachers. Next week we are bumping it up.

Jesse tried to get Zoey to rub his head when they were done working out......then when Zoey was trying to stretch Jesse couldn't resist messing with her.

Of course one more picture had to be taken! Looks like Zoey found the duckface! UGH!

BUT, we go a THUMBS UP!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's see if that continues on Wednesday for our next run!

Quasi Duathlon

Duathlon? DUATHLON?

What in the world is a Duathlon?

Well, basically it is two out of the three Triathlon events; typically running and biking only you do two running portions and one long biking portion.

On Saturday, my plan was to do a quasi Triathlon but the storm in the  middle of the night and my baby girl kicking me while she slept (I didn't) made me rethink the Triathlon....I just couldn't get out of bed to take the kids to swim so that I could get the swimming portion of the Triathlon in. Sorry folks, but I do not do open water swimming. I may run open water swimming events for local teams but I do not get in the water. 

But I got my butt in gear later that morning and decided to do a Duathlon instead!

My Duathlon consisted of a 5K on the treadmill, then an 18 mile bike ride, followed by a 5K at the Stockton University track.

What am I going to earn by completely the Duathlon? I decided that I would earn my Practically Perfect medal that's been waiting for something good!

This is such a beautiful medal and I absolutely LOVED earning it. I can't wait to get the capri pants and running shoes that match my Practically Perfect tank! PSSSS, I ordered them today, Tuesday! Don't tell Chuck! 😜

This was me after the first 5K on the treadmill. 

Going to eat some of my Pumpkin Oatmeal and then 

off to do the 18 mile bike ride around Galloway!

I'm not going to lie that bike ride was TOUGH! But I persevered and got it done! Typically I would wear a bike helmet for such a long ride but I couldn't find mine and Chuck's was too big, it just would not fit. I'm a risk it!

I only got ALMOST hit 6 times; twice by the same person. But who's counting! The fact is I made it through and that's what matters.

A few years ago I would ride my bike 16 + miles every week back and forth to weight watchers so I knew I could do this, but dam, that took it out of me. And the thought that I still have a 5K more to run before my Duathlon is over is about to send me down for the count! A bottle of Gatorade and a bottle of water later, I was ready for my 2nd 5K.

I was hoping that Jesse would join me for my 2nd 5K of the day since I was running at Stockton, but he wanted no parts of it. Oh well, off to run by myself!

Not much of a smile on my face, but I did 
just complete 24.2 miles of exercise!

After having done this Duathlon, I think it is way more difficult than a Triathlon. NOW, if I had completed open water swimming for a Triathlon I may think differently, but open water swimming is just not for me.

Next time, I'm going to get my butt out of bed no matter what and do that quasi triathlon!

Zoey's 3rd Day of 5K Training

Zoey's 5K training is coming along. We set out mid day on Friday for her 3rd training session and I thought it was going to be great!

I mean, just look at the smiles she was giving! Zoey saw this little stretch of track outside of the fenced area and says "This is the kind of track I like. Nice and small!" LOL! Silly girl, this is not where you will be running!

When we got to the opening of the Stockton University Track Zoey was still in a great mood. Seriously, just look at this face!

Doesn't it just scream "I ❤ Running!"














I love to see their smiling faces before we set out to run in the god awful heat that has been August over the pat week!

Zoey's wonderful smile was so short lived! It took all of 5 seconds into the first run for her to be hatin' life.


When we finished our 3rd day of training I had the kids run the bleachers. Mainly this is for Jesse since he always has extra energy and in his words "only broke a sweat today because of the heat, the running didn't do it!" Well sir, 6 laps of the bleachers please!

Zoey completed 2 sets and I completed 1. My knees were a screamin'!

A set to me is considered up and down one set of stairs. Zoey walked this and Jesse ran it. I truly wish I had this boy's energy!

When we finished our bleachers Jesse was still feelin' good!

I can see rosy cheeks! I think I finally got him a little, little I say, tired! Who am I kidding. because just after this next picture Jesse yells "Last one to the car is a rotten egg" and took off like a bat out of hell! Zoey yells, quite nastily, "Oh who cares!". LMAO! It was so funny!

Zoey is just not impressed with running! She doesn't realize yet the benefits of what running can do for her in the long term. Her swimming will improve because her legs will be stronger and her lung capacity will be greater. She'll be able to eat all the carbs, well most of them, that she wants.

All in all it was a great run! A hot run, but a great one! I am truly enjoying this quality time with my children!

Zoey's 2nd Day of 5K training...

Since you are all religious readers of my blog you already know how well Zoey's first day of 5K training went! I know I know....you read all my posts, every day, over and over again. 😜

Well, her 2nd day was much better but you wouldn't know by the look on her face when we finished.

I was laughing so hard! I'm still laughing and it's the next day!

My baby girl is NOT impressed with running! When she tries, she's actually decent at it!

My little carbetarian needs to learn how to enjoy running!

Let's back up.....BEEP BEEP BEEP!!!!!!

As we are driving to the track I state the following...

"OK guys, listen up! We are going to have fun on this training day! We are going to keep are chests up, look out in front of us, pay attention to our breathing, and we will not cry! Everybody understand?"

Jesse replies with "Yep, I got it! We're going to have a positive attitude too!" He's really into it and chipper!

Zoey replies with "UGH, all of that was for me wasn't it?"

Jesse and I reply at the same time "YES!"

Zoey says "FINE!" in this very snarky voice; she as highly annoyed and turns to look out the window to ignore us. I was trying so hard not to laugh. It's not supposed to be funny but when your 7 year old gives a huff, concedes to defeat and then sulks about it....that shit is funny!

Jesse turns to me quietly and says "I'm going to push her". Now just reading that I'm sure some folks are thinking physically pushing Zoey. NOOOOO! I knew what Jesse meant. He was going to get her to run harder, faster, really make her try!

The warmup and first two running segments went well and Zoey did fantastic. Then Jesse leans into me a bit and says "I'm going to do it this time; she can do better!" I just agree silently. 

The third running segment Jesse starts to speed up, so I speed up, and Zoey speeds up; thankfully! The rule is you have to keep up with mommy. You can go faster but you have to at least keep up with me. That lap had her running at a 11 minute mile pace. I was so happy to see that. 

The 4th running segment Jesse went even faster and we go Zoey running at a 10 minute mile pace. I gave Jesse a wink and he knew to push it on the next one. On the 5th running segment we go Zoey running at a 9 minute mile pace. WHOO HOOO! That was AWESOME!

 Now I cannot keep up a 9 minute mile pace myself so we backed off and ran at an 11 minute mile pace for the rest of the time. I did have to focus Zoey's breathing after the 5th segment but she was able to come back down to normal quickly. 

And low and behold running didn't kill her and WAIT FOR IT........

SHE DIDN'T CRY!

Miracles never cease! I'll be honest, I thought for sure that she was going to kick, scream, and act as if someone was going Psycho on her. EEE, EEE, EEE!  No???? OK FINE!

Anywho, Jesse sprinted for the last quarter mile and actually broke a sweat in the 90 degree heat. Zoey and I on the other hand were drenched in sweat!

These precious moments are absolutely wonderful!

Zoey told me when we got home that she didn't know getting that medal was going to be like this and she is not impressed at all. My reply was "Hard work is quite rewarding and you are going to be so proud of yourself when you accomplish this goal!" She replied with "meh!"

My kids crack me up!

Friday is day 3! I tried to convince them that getting up early to go run before the day's heat comes was a good idea. Jesse is game and Zoey had an emphatic "NO!" LMAO!

QUASI Triathlon - YUP!!!!!

Quasi Triathlon??????

As with true Karen form, because I do nothing easy... I do mean NOTHING, I am going to do a Quasi Triathlon this weekend on my own.

What does that mean you ask?

Let me tell you!

It means I'm a crazy ass woman who thinks starting a new exercise program means jumping in with no common sense and just "Gettin' It!". It's pretty much how I roll on most things!

YUP! While the kids are at practice on Saturday, I'm going to do my own Triathlon just to say "I did it!" And you know, why the hell not! I've got some time to kill and want to have a steak dinner with my Aunt Karen on Saturday night; so I've got to burn some calories! Not to mention I think it will be fun!

Did you say fun?

Yupppers, I SOOO did! I think exercise, all exercise, well except for burpees and mountain climbers is fun! Burpees and Mountain Climbers are NOT fun! Seriously, they are not, I don't care who you are. You may just be crazier than me if you enjoy those things!

So this Saturday I'm going to swim 1/4 mile in the pool (18 laps..lengths depending on how you like to say it), bike 11 miles around Brigantine, and then run a 5K (also around Brigantine). By the time I'm done the kids will be done practice and I may need a nap!

Who wants to join me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, who wants to join me?

Zoey's 1st 5K training day!

The Medal!

When I got the email about the "Princess Dash 5K" Zoey went head over heels for this medal. She was screaming and jumping up and down saying "I WANT THAT MEDAL! PLEASE MOMMY, PPLLEEEAAAASSSSEEEEE!" 

This is SOOO ZOEY!!!!!!!!

Now, if I were Chuck he would have said "OK Sweetie, you can have the medal". He would have bought it for her and given it to her right away. 

But I'm MOMMY and I don't roll that way. I said "Zoey, I will get you that medal, but you have to earn it." OH the look on her face when she said "What does that mean?" I'm telling you it took serious strength to keep in the laughter!

As I'm telling Zoey that she will have to train for a 5K and actual run a 5K in order to earn this medal she actually thought twice about it. Oh to see the little wheels in her head turning on this!

She finally agreed after talking to me about what the training was. I told her "When you are ready to start training we'll do it". Well that day never came yet she still expects the medal. So yesterday, I decided to start her training. To say that Zoey was not at all thrilled would be an understatement. But I was tired of her waiting and the day for the Princess Dash 5K is coming up fast. 

Sweat & Tears

After picking Jesse up from camp and talking to him about what Zoey needed to do he was all in. He says "I can help Zoey train, no problem! This will be fun...well you know she's going to cry right?" HA HA HA, so right you are son. So right you are!

Zoey was not impressed to find out we were starting her training. Part of me thinks that she thought I was truly going to just hand over the medal and that would be the end of it. WRONG baby girl! You have to work hard in life and earn what you want! I'm using this as a serious life lesson for my beautiful blue eyed blondie!

We get to Stockton University's track and Zoey is getting nervous! We've done some workouts at the Absegami High School track but never at Stockton's track so I think she felt a little overwhelmed. But persevere we must!

I'm using the Couch to 5K program with her just like I did with Jesse. Intervals of walking and running to get you out there. Zoey is an athlete, she swims all the time, she's always outside playing, she can do this! Jesse was so pumped and he was giving her a pep talk before starting out. 

Matter of fact they even tried using the chin up bar a couple of times before we set out. 

Week 1 Day 1

5 Minute Walking Warmup

60 Second Run followed by a 90 Second Walk (8 full times)

5 Minute Walking Cooldown

During the first run Zoey couldn't figure out her breathing. So on the walk we talked more about it and Jesse gave her additional pointers. 

The 2nd run I thought was going very well until her show came untied and then Zoey became unhinged. The tears began, and then the runny nose.....

Lord help me but we got her shoe tied, wiped her nose on her shirt, and kept going. I'm not going to let her give up! 

Then MORE TEARS!

As we continued the running/walking intervals, which by the way I made her keep up with me at my pace. She can most certainly do this as I am not a fast runner. The tears kept coming faster and faster. At one point, I got right in her face to startle her. Now some folks may think this is wrong, but you have to know my daughter, WHICH I KINDA DO BEING HER MOMMA AND ALL, that you have to get her to refocus on something else. All she was focused on was "This is hard and I don't want to do it". 

Once we got her to calm down, a little bit, Jesse started talking to her about a positive attitude and thinking about the bright side.

First, let me say when did my little man grow up? He has been fairly mature this entire summer and it is impressing the hell out of me!

Second, way to go Jesse! This is exactly what Zoey needed!

TO A HOT MESS! 

You know a mess that is heated!

Well it's what she needed until the same shoe came untied and she almost fell! I know, this wasn't supposed to be an episode of Laurel and Hardy, but apparently Zoey did not get that memo.

Deep breaths, deep breaths.....OK Zoey, let me tie your shoe for you this time. "Please, stop crying. I'm not trying to kill you. You wanted this medal, you have to earn it." Zoey replies through sniffles and needing to wipe her nose again "I just didn't think it was going to be this hard?" I reply "Zoey, everything you want in life comes at a price; you have to decide what is important and work hard to obtain it." Zoey replies with a sniff and a loud huff. Jesse turns his head trying not to laugh. 

When the 5 minute cooldown came up I asked Jesse to stay with Zoey and keep her moving while I continued to run a bit more. Jesse agreed with no problem and actually enjoyed hanging out with his sister. These are rare moments these days so I take them when I can get them!

Zoey (and Jesse) completed her first day of 5K training doing just under 2 miles in 30 minutes. WAY TO GO ZOEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I complete 2.25 miles in 30 minutes. 

Zoey was so hot and tired, she said "I had to take my shoes off". 

I managed to get a smile out of her but it was short lived!

Once she was inside, that was it for a while. My baby girl said No thank you to everything!

Jesse, of course, was topless, needed a muscle shot and didn't break a sweat! Which he was gloating about! How does he run several miles and not break a sweat! I was a stinky, sweaty mess!

The SURPRISE!!!!!!

Because I'm such an awesome Mommy and know that my little girl LOVES unicorns I found her the "Embrace Your Inner Unicorn 5K" medal. So when she completes her office "Princess Dash 5K" she will get a bonus medal. Because....she will have already completed numerous 5Ks during her training; she won't realize that though. OH GEEZ, I just realized after posting this picture that this is for 2019! AHHHH! OK plan B; I'm going to still have this medal because well I already paid for it! BUT, I'm going to find another one for her!

OK I found a 121.1 mile virtual tour race that is all about unicorns! It will actually track how many miles she's completed throughout her training! LOVE IT!

Medal Monday a few days late; more like.....

...TWO MONTHS LATE

OK seriously, I started writing this post more than two months ago! WOW, just WOW! 

Every Monday morning I see all my running friends across the country posting these fabulous pictures about their weekend runs ahem....races and I rarely get the opportunity to post some medals I've earned over the weekend.

Last week, JUNE...we're talking JUNE folks, was just crazy and the weekend crazier! After several full days of travel, work, school, swim practice, and packing Chuck and I were stressed! All day on Saturday, June 9, 2018, I kept saying "When are we doing our Goonies Run?"

We had scheduled this run over a month prior on this day.

So at 8PM, dog tired, puppies barking...we headed to the Ventnor Boardwalk!

Chuck, Jesse, and myself set out around 8:30 PM to complete the Copper Bones Virtual 5K.

Here we are before our run!

What a surprise Jesse is running topless!

Chuck went for his power walk.....I can't typically keep up with him. Jesse and I did walk/run intervals and had a great Mother/Son conversation during the whole run!

When we were just past half way back Jesse looks at me and says "WOW, you are really sweating!" Thanks kid! "Of course I am, I'm old Jesse! This takes a lot of work." He replies "meh, I haven't broken a sweat yet!"

I proceeded to shove him to the other side of the boardwalk while he laughed his cute little butt off! He laughed for a good long time!

We passed Chuck a couple of times and each time Jesse says "Hi Daddy, Bye Daddy!" Jesse also, waved hello to everyone that we passed or who passed us.

When we were close to being done Jesse says "Let's sprint!" Ummmm, sorry dude but Mommy is not interested in sprinting...nor do I think I can do that. 

So Jesse sprinted the last quarter mile and yelled "WHOO HOO" when he finished.

So of course, he had to have a muscle shot at the end of the run!

Well Mommy has to have a muscle shot too! How could I not? 

Chuck finished not too far after Jesse and I. To be honest his 

power walk is like a jog for most people. He's got some powerful legs!!!!!!

My little dude with his Goonies medal and running bib! Now if I only have the time to put of his medal rack he got for Christmas! I KNOW PEOPLE, we are so behind on everything!

Chuck earned his medal too!

Can't forget the old lady; sweatin' up a storm! Man was it humid!

As always we had an excellent time and enjoyed each other's company. I know it's two months later, plus some, and Jesse has been itching to go on another boardwalk run with me. We've got to get to it! I have several Hogwart's medals to earn!!!!!!!