Day 113 kids and such

R4.8mphx1min/W3.0mphx1/36 min including warmup and cool down, 2.10 miles.

Ok, so imagine this scenario. Overweight woman climbs on the tmill after trying to avoid it the whole evening. Her kitchen is now twinkling like a x'mas ornament, she has broken her own self imposed rule and helped her kids do their H.W., she has talked to all her friends and even those acquaintances who she knew in 1999, shes hoping her significant other will call and say hes hungry and dinner should be on the table as soon as he enters the house, but he calls and lets her know he will be 40 min late. So now she has no other x'cuse not to get on the tmill. Which she does.

Now imagine said overweight lady trying to do a speed workout which she does once a week. She does not want to do it, but since shes preparing for a marathon 26.2 miles long, no less, she decides to bite the bullet and run fast at a fast speed of 4.8mph...,- dont smirk.

So she gets the tmill to 4.8 mph just for 1 min and at 45 sec when shes ready to drop dead her 6yo starts jumping up and down with three books in her hand." You do your treadmill and I will read these books to you, Ok, Mama?"

'So sweet' she thinks and nods OK because she cant get the "yes"out.

Then it starts, the 6yo reads one page and then holds the book in front of the treadmill for the lady to see and then asks her to describe what she sees. Or she asks her to repeat the last line just to see that her mama is listening to her. 'Are u listening to my book, are you, are you ? No you arent( said in a very whiny tone), Ok then tell me what I just read. This happens everytime the said lady is doing the 4.8 mph interval. Never at the 3mph interval, never.

Have you tried this, running on the tmill at your speediest speed and listening to a 6yo and answering questions like" what does this word say, what does this word mean"And you are trying to squint thru your sweat laden glasses trying to make out the fine print.

Thankfully I( yes said lady is me, if u havent guessed so far) have read Henny Penny one million times so I can say something relevant each time. once that is over she starts off with another book which I have never seen in my life, and the deal is that she will finish reading the books and only then I can get off the tmill. Oh man, I am dead by this time and since I dont want her to undergo the trauma of seeing her mom going to heaven while working out, I decide to stop now.

Moral of the story, never workout with a 6yo in the same room. Stretching is Ok , we do that all the time, yoga asanas and seeing who can stand on one leg for longer etc etc, but no , no tmill ever again.

Rest day tomorrow.