Friday, June 29, 2018

Short Run on a Long Day 5k - First stroller 5k

Happy Friday! Going to be a hot weekend in Chicago (mid-90's) and looking ahead, next week will be close to the same. I don't mind personally but it's too hot to push the baby in the stroller in that weather.

Last week, I participated in the Short Run Long Day 5k for the 6th year in a row. I love this race for a few reasons. It's in the town I live in and is only a hop-skip-jump away! I can find parking right near the start. My run group FNRC is a HUGE presence at this run. Which basically means...lots of my friends are there! Every where I looked from the minute I got out of the car, I saw gold FNRC. Even the volunteers! It was so fun!

Frankfort/New Lenox Running Club
(Timmy and I are front right - not in stroller)
When I signed up for the run, which is on a Wednesday evening, I forgot my husband was going to be out of town for work. I had planned to bring Timmy anyway but thought I'd have my husband for "help" with the baby if I needed it. Oh well...I was going to try it anyway. He loves the stroller but never ran 3 miles with it before.

Actually long story short, we ran it, we finished, he fussed a little in the third mile but nothing a little "Elvis" couldn't handle.  My friends seemed to all love him and I enjoy bringing him out every once in a while so everyone can see him. He really is a cutie!
Friends (Jill, Julie & Melanie)
I ran 3:1 intervals with a couple friends. I had very low expectations going into this race with the jogging stroller. I only ran with it twice and only up to 2 miles. And it was HARD! But, it seemed easier running with my friends, we kept a pretty decent pace (for me with the stroller), and we stayed with our intervals the whole time. I was pretty tired by the end but very happy with the run itself.

Almost finished!

"Mommy, why are you so sweaty?"
All in all, it was a successful run. I'm much slower than I was prior to having the baby but I'm actually working my way back up a bit and noticing some progress. 

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Almost 1 year! - Short Update

Wow! It's been 11 months since I last posted. I was 37 weeks pregnant and getting pretty uncomfortable by the end of that week and the beginning of 38 weeks. I remember thinking I needed to do an update for you all and ... then it happened. My water broke (started leaking) at work. Sorry for the mental image (for all the men). lol

I actually have typed out a birth story but never posted it yet. Ha! Life is CRAZY!  I'll finish that up one of these days. Maybe for his 1st birthday!

But quickly, my little bundle of joy was born on July 28, 2017 at 3:17 p.m. Meet Timothy James Taylor.


He is almost 11 months old now and a cute little handful!


A LOT has happened in the past 11 months. Some good and some not so good. The not-so-good is unrelated to Timmy. I plan on touching on that at some point in the near future. But for now, I wanted to give a quick update to hopefully return to blogging a bit more.

Hope you are all having a great summer!