Good Day...

   Well good friends today was a good day! Had a really great day yesterday celebrating Ry's 8th birthday. We didn't do anything special. He wanted to go to to a local pizza restaurant. We ate our fill of pizza, wings and french fries. Came home and opened some presents! 

   Needless to say, I was feeling in need of a really good workout today to make up for all of those calories that I ate yesterday! The weather was cold, snowy and blowy outside and I didn't feel like experiencing it today.  So I pilled Ry into the truck and we drove to our local YMCA. He no longer had to sit in his booster seat. The end of an era...

   When we got to the Y he decided that he wanted to check out the tween center now that he was old enough to not be in regular child watch. This was a big step for him and me. Not going to child watch meant that he had free reign of the place. No supervision. As a parent and a member of the law enforcement community, I was really nervous about this. But after a long talk, he went off to check out the center. I stood there for a moment, looking at him through the window where he couldn't see me. My what a young man he was growing into. I gritted my teeth and headed upstairs to the treadmills. I trusted him.

   My workout was good. I normally hate running on the treadmill due to the sheer overwhelming boredom. But I enjoyed listening to some new running podcasts. They kept my attention away from the dull environment. Had to keep restarting the treadmill every 30 minutes to avoid getting kicked off by the "30 minute time limit on cardio-machines" enforcers. Starting this month I wanted to push my long run distance to a half marathon length. Instead of running ten today I increased it to 11. Good run but the entire time my mind was on how Ry was doing. 

   I stretched and raced downstairs to see if he had decided to run away yet. I was surprised to find him happily enjoying himself working out on the universal equipment in the center. He was happy to see me as I him. I was impressed when he told me that he rode one of the stationary bikes for a 100 calorie burn. I smiled, collected him and we chatted all the way home. Good day indeed! Run for your lives my friends and have a good day!