Day 32

Today was a tough day, but we did it. We jumped up to 10 minutes of running. I wasn't sure if I would be able to keep my 5 min./half mile pace, but I did (plus or minus a few seconds). I ran 4 miles total. Mile 1 was around 9:35, Mile 2 - 10:00, Mile 3 - 10:03, Mile 4 - 10:04. I can't believe it. My knee started bothering me a little near the last lap of mile 3, but I was able to finish without a lot of pain. 

Day 32 (44 min.)

shuffle 5 min.

jog 10 min. walk 1 min.

walk 5 min.

Day 31

We've had a slack week of running. Tuesday, it was raining and neither of us really wanted to run anyway. Wednesday and Thursday I wasn't feeling well. Stomach virus I think. We finally ran today, but it wasn't much. 

We decided to go back to last weekends training and start this week over again. The first few miles were surprisingly fine. I was staying at a good pace, a little under 10 min./mile. The last lap of my third mile, though, my knee started hurting. We were supposed to run 5 miles, but ended up stopping after Evan's 3 and my 2 and 3/4.

Day 31 (35 min.)

5 min. shuffle

5 min. job 1 min. walk x 3 3/4 mile

What's in a name?

Avery Lee Johnson

That has been my name for the past 30 years. In a few months, though, I'm supposed to change it. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I mean, that's my name. I love my name. I don't really know what I'm going to do.

Dear name,

I'm so sorry I took you for granted for so long. I didn't realize how much I loved you and just how much you have meant to me these past 30 years.

Love always,

Avery

Avery Lee Doyle?

Avery Johnson Doyle?

Avery Lee Johnson Doyle?

Avery Lee Johnson-Doyle?

Adult literacy tutoring

Today was my second day as a literacy tutor, and it was so much better than the first. Well, I felt better about it today anyway. 

Last Saturday was difficult because I hadn't met my students yet and didn't know what to expect. I went into the session with all these ideas of lessons and practices we could do, but the ladies really weren't interested. Or, so I thought. I left the library very unsure of myself and my abilities to help my students. 

Today was much different. Only one lady came today and we got a lot done. She told me that I was doing a good job. We were  able to talk a lot, which is what she wants to be able to do.

We've started a list of new words. When we come across an unfamiliar word in the lesson, we just add it to the list. I'm feeling a lot better about this.

Day 30

Go speed racer! Go speed racer! Go speed racer, gooooooooo!

Tonight I was running less than 10 minute miles! Awesome! I had a little bit of knee pain about the third mile, but it stopped after a few laps.

Day 30 (48:25 min.)

shuffle 5 min.

jog 5 min. walk 1 min. x 4 miles

walk 5 min.

literacy tutoring

Today was my first day of adult literacy tutoring. I'm not really sure how it went. I have two ESL students. They are very nice ladies, but we all have a little trouble understanding each other. 

I planned to have the ladies describe and set goals today, but I couldn't quite get them to understand what I meant. All I know is they want to communicate better in English. But, since they don't communicate well yet....I have no idea how they felt about the session today. I mean, they said it was good, but we did talk about antonyms today!!!!

Day 29

Day 29 (40 min)

shuffle 5 min.

jog 5 min. walk 1 min.

walk 5 min.