Smoke-free Day 3 and starting 2 mile runs

I didn't post yesterday and Kip reminded me today that I had to post today. Also, he got so disappointed that I didn't mention his marks the other day that I'll mention them today. Ok, so two days ago he tried his first mile by himself, without me slowing him down. He's kind of disappointed, I don't know why, because he did it in 6'30'', which I think is great (I know I won't ever get there, although I'm not Kip). Anyway, I think it's great and that he can only get better than that. He has his first 5k in a week from now, I think. He thinks he'll be one of the slowest runners there (in his category, of course), but I don't know why that has to be the case. I can't wait till the race.

As I said in my previous posting, I didn't sign up this time because I think it's too early for me. I'll do it next time. This week, my goal is to keep being away from cigarettes, which we both have succeeded in doing, very painfully so: I didn't know it could lead to moments of depression and pessimism but it does! yesterday there we were, both of us, lamenting our new life in Mexico, how this place sucks, etc etc. Today is better, I actually thought that we gotta learn how to love this place, but I had that thought right when we were coming back from running, all happy and accomplished.

So yesterday was cool. Kip ran with me and we ran 2 miles, walking half a mile in between the two. He asked me to run a little slower than usual, but I ended up making a better time in my first mile: 9.04, which is pretty cool. In the second one I did 9.14, I think, because I could really feel the pain in that one, because it was warmer than during the first mile and because a very strong wind started to blow against us during an important part of the mile. That wind really took all our strength, but we did it, which is what matters.

Today we ran together again because he's recovering from some pain he has in his knee. I decided that I had to try whether I was able to run two miles non-stop, so I set up that goal for the day. I did, although i think I was going slower today (we forgot the watch so we couldn't time our running). I felt great during the first mile, which is really cool. I felt pretty good during part of the second mile, but then I started feeling super warm (we slept in today), so it was harder to continue. Even so we did finish the two miles with no recovery time in between which is really cool.

And as for the cigarettes, it's been good so far today. Well, we're really trying to keep busy, cleaning the house, mostly. What I need to pay attention to now is not overeating, which I have the feeling I'm doing, not as result of running but the lack of cigarettes. Luckily, I really like tomato and vegetable juice, so I tend to drink a lot of that. And trying not to eat more than 3 meals a day... we'll see how it goes!

Good weekend to both!