Posting For the Both of Us

As might be expected with a Seester who is in graduate school...she's busy!  No posted recipes lately...although both of us have been cooking.  (I'm not posting the recipes I've been cooking because there's not much "healthy" about things like pulled pork and cheesy pasta casserole!  I did make an orange chicken/sweet potato concoction in the crock pot recently, but it was mediocre and not worth sharing.)  What has been happening is a LOT of running!  We've both been on the lookout for local 5/10 K races -- Seester finished a hilly one in the Arb (hilly as in, where we used to go for killer H.S. track practices!) in a respectable time, and then finished the Dexter Turkey Trot last Saturday in just over 30 minutes.  Jogged the whole thing -- no walking!!  And with her encouragement, Ronen and I were out on the roads as well, clocking a 1:04 for a 10K along a lovely stretch of San Vicente Blvd in Brentwood.  One of the fabulous things about LA -- it's always running weather!!

Baby Jogging!

It's been quite some time since I've posted...no sense in an update stating "uggh, I'm behind!"  Except, well, that's exactly why we started this blog in the first place.  It's just a chance for us Seesters to keep each other accountable for the mini-changes we pledged to make after spaaaahing together in August.  Here's my update...after several weeks of "making it a priority" to get Ronen in the baby jogger, I FINALLY did it!  Twice!!  Last Sunday, he was up unusually early on Sunday morning -- so as soon as it was light out, I loaded him in the BoB and we jogged to his favorite park.  He was a bit perturbed that I didn't let him out to play -- I had to finish my lap around the perimeter-- but after I'd gotten in a good jog I let him out to scramble around for a bit.  Sadly, I didn't get my Tuesday run in last week; I had a time crunch and succumbed to 20 minutes on the elliptical.  BUT...This past Sunday was the annual Pancreatic Cancer Challenge, which Ronen and I ran together.  A full 10 K!  I don't know my time, as the highlight of the race was jogging the last few hundred yards to cross the finish line with my momma.  Whoooooo-hooooooooo!  My shins are sore today, but it feels great to have finally worked in a way to run more than once a week.  Next up race-wise is the Christmas Run (Dec 10th), and then just a few more weeks 'til our 1/2 marathon.  It's gonna be awesome.