2 runs in one day (sunday)

Yes I am still nuts. My first run was a trail run. I went running w/partner #1 who is still on the mend from foot surgery in February. It was a slow 20 minute run with me doing the final hill at a sprint. Later that day partner #2 (who is training for a marathon relay) called and wanted to know if I wanted to go running with her. She was doing 5.24 miles slow. I told her I would run 3 miles b/c I don't feel up to 5 yet and her last two miles are on the road from hell. So much for a slow run. She just lost 15 lbs (probably about 120 to my 144) and she kicked my butt. I'm not used to this people. She ended up doing 5.24 in 43 minutes. (8.12 min pace, ACK) Fuck. I have to get back on the ball. I'm happy with my weight and being a size 8. At 120 I would look pretty gaunt. Well at least her kicking my ass will keep me training.

My 3rd child will be adding an early childhood developement specialist to his speech therapist. I have no idea what is going on. He's tripping all over the place, zoning out etc. He has low muscle tone in his face which they think is in the upper portion of his body also. I don't get this low muscle tone quandry at all. This kid has an arm like you wouldn't believe and he is strong as hell. I will take all the specialists the state offers though. I'm just in "freak-out" mode on how much worse things are getting. I just want him to be normal and healthy. I'm so sick of explaining to people about why he doesn't talk and drools all the time. Actually it's not as bad as it sounds. I just get sad when I see other kids his age who talk in complete sentences and i'm just excited b/c david can say "hi, cookie, peas (for please) bye, bye, hey and go." It would be even more exciting if he could put two different words together. When you sit in these evaluation meetings you realize how behind your child is. Of course david decides to stick all the toys in his mouth which I don't think he's done since he was 1. I kept saying, "he can do that" "he knows what a dog is" when he failed at both tests. She wouldn't give me points (which I understand) b/c she didn't see it. I felt like yelling "well if you didn't have a toy truck in here you might have gotton more of his attention" Then I think she was concerned about his obsession with playing with a truck. He's a boy! He loves trucks and cars. He would play with them over tv any day of the week. I need to stop my ranting on this, I just need to go with the flow.

Back to running. I'm going to start building back up to 4-5 miles. Start adding sprints into my runs, hill training and trail running.