First beach run experience

Well yesterday I had my first beach run. I waited until 8pm to run thinking it would be the best time to go. I didn't realize you have to be careful running out there when it's getting dark - dodging sandcastles, jumping over motes, watching out for people just strolling along not paying attention to you.

It's a good thing Edwin brought "Pedro" - a GPS watch/mileage tracker thingie I bought him for Christmas - I would have passed our hotel if not for Pedro as it was dark by the time I completed my 2 miles.

My times were much much slower. Don't ever run after a day of sun, a drink and a sunburn. Not good combinations. Plus the wind blowing in your face feels good but it's hard to run against.

My first mile was 11:53, second mile 13:46. I know, terribly slow, but hey I"m just starting out. It confuses me because I've always been somewhat athletic, up until maybe 3 years ago. Cheerleading, tennis, basketball, raquetball, aerobics. Not saying I was good at any of it, but I could do it and enjoyed it. So now something that should be simple like running - heck my 3 year old runs everywhere! And it's kicking my butt!

I am c0nsidering some races - just to see if I CAN do them. I've done one 5k in my life. It was pretty sad :) I think it took me 40 minutes or so to run the 3.1 miles or whatever a 5k is . . . . I even offered to pay a police officer $100 to drive me to the finish line. He just laughed at me, the nerve . . . .


Anyways, vacation is going great. We wish we could live here and not have to go back to the real world. It's so nice just being a family and doing fun things together, hanging out at the beach, the pool, playing tennis (we bought the girls little raquets too), went to Schlitterbahn today. We haven't been much of a family lately so it's nice to remember how to do that. And the girls have been so good, not fighting or anything like that. Nice.