Life Is Beautiful

Do you know your sweat rate ?  Walking, running, and biking outside in the heat of summer takes special care.  Knowing the amount that you sweat (and need to drink to replenish) in certain training conditions throughout the year is good info. After a very sweaty run. As for me.  I sweat.  A LOT.  I'll tell you a little known secret...I actually wear Men's antiperspirant because I sweat buckets just day-to-day living.  I've tried all the "clinical strength" ones for women.  Nope.  I need one strong enough for a man and made for one, to. I know that I'm a sweaty beast, so I try to stay hydrated and just drink as much as I can without sloshing when I run and bike.  I've wondered if maybe I shouldn't be eating some salt tablets on runs and bikes over an hour or so.  I'm not a Gatorade drinker, usually.  Too many calories for shorter rides/runs. For giggles, I measured my sweat rate tonight.  It's fairly un-scientific. ...

Susan participated in her very first race today! The Lincoln Mile is a timed, one mile race through Campus in downtown Lincoln.  David ran with Susan and they had a blast! Susan and Mom before the race. Fun with the parking meter. Time to RUN! My little buddy waited patiently for sis. A great race and a strong finish! She races for cookies. :)  Smart kid!  I was so incredibly proud of her! I almost cried when they came in to finish and the announcer read her name over the speaker.  Silly, right?  Well, she's my baby girlie and I can be silly if I wanna. The race was super well organized, as always, and the Lincoln Track Club did a stupendous job of honoring every runner of every age and ability.  This was another run in the Kids Grand Prix.  As an additional event with the adult runs, they organize a kids fun run on about 7 events through the season.  The kids even get a prize at the end.  Yay! As for my ...