Fitness Geek

Back on track

This morning I had a great six miler. It was the first time I ran this course in nearly a year and the first time at this distance in months. I’m not proud of either of those statements but hopefully I’m back to regular running.

I need to hit the road hard and start lifting more, not only because I have a race in a month but also I’m just getting fat.

I’ve started putting some goals together for the year, both for running and on a personal level. I’ll share them on Monday.

For now though i’m going to just to enjoy the afterglow of a good run and a good start.

Happy Birthday Beautiful

Today marks Mrs. Fitness Geek’s 30th year. To say that I love her doesn’t do justice to how she makes me feel.

We’ve been together now for five years and change, and I’m the luckiest guy in the world to have a woman like her.

I know today was especially fantastic because it is her first birthday as a mom…and a great mom at that.

Turning 30 isn’t easy for most people, and I know Mrs. Fitness Geek was a nervous about getting older. She shouldn’t be too concerned. She’ll always be my trophy wife.

I’d recap her birthday so far, but there are a few more surprises in store, so I can’t say anything just yet.

Happy birthday, beautiful. I love you more every day.

Short and sweetX2

I’ve run twice in the past two days Good. Both runs were cut short. Bad. Both runs were at 9:15 paces. Good. The first run ended when I saw my car had a flat tire, the second because of rain.

Eh, it happens. The important thing is I got some mileage in on both days. I’m dealing with the constant headache the best way I can…by deciding I’m not going to sit around and complain. Well, not all the time. Maybe just some of the time. Tonight is a weights night and then tomorrow is a longer mid-week run, hopefully 6 miles.

Lil’ Geek and I had some great quality time together last night. We watched TV together, she ate, and later fell asleep. In fact, she’s slept almost 12 hours now…good for her!

Lil’ Geek 2.1

Now that you’re here, I figured it was time to tell you just how much I love you.

You’re now just over three months old and we already have a few traditions that are just ours and ours alone.

Did you know that every night at bedtime I touch each of your cheeks, then your forehead and then your little nose. It’s my special way of telling you goodnight.

I really hope our special Sunday morning traditions last for years. Every Sunday I let your mom sleep in and when you wake up, I take you into the back room and we sit and you have your breakfast (a hearty bottle of formula) and we catch up on television shows from the past week. When this tradition first started, you usually slept through everything we watched. Now you sit up, with some help, and it’s like we really are watching together.

I’m looking forward to us having more traditions together.

You’re growing so fast. Keep on growin’. But don’t forget to take a break every now and then and sit with your dad.

Diagnosis: This sucks

I’m finishing up week 3 of the constant headache. I had an MRI on Thursday which confirmed that I have chronic sinusitis. I head back in Thursday to figure out treatment and future possibilities that could include surgery.

It’s obvious I’m not feeling too hot. Or looking too hot either. I haven’t worked out/run regularly since…I don’t know. I guess I can lay the blame at:

1. A constant headache that keeps me from sleeping well.
2. Lil’ Geek who hasn’t decided if she wants to go to sleep late, wake up early, both or neither.
3. Laziness.

I’ve known for a while that the best time for me to run/workout is going to be at night around 11-1. It’s the only time I’ve really got to myself. The problem has been the poor sleep and the laziness. I’m hoping I’ll be able to rectify that starting tonight. I just have to do it. Headache or not. Laziness be damned.

As for Lil’ Geek. She’s just a growin’ and growin’. She somehow has figured out a way to be more beautiful every minute that passes. I’m going to start back up my Sunday letters to her. I took a break from blogging because there wasn’t much for me to say. Or that I felt anyone would want to read. Posts about me not working out/running, being lazy and feeling like crap don’t sound like a lot of fun.

Hopefully this is the turnaround for that.

Protected: An update

Out and about

I had a nice 5-miler last, averaging about a 9:40 mile. The IT issue is coming back up, but I plan on rehabbing it aggressively and working on a better running posture.

Tonight I tore through the Men’s Health Spartacus workout. And yeah, at the end I did want to yell, “This is SPARTA!”

I’m slowly seeing changes; gradual and steady, but they are there. This weekend I’m planning an 80 minute run and a 30 minute run. I’m logging my runs based on time, not miles. This is because of one of the races I’m planning on doing this year. More on that Sunday.

I do have goals for this year. Lofty ones. But I’m working on staying consistent in my training, and Mrs. Fitness Geek and I are working hard to eat better too. All of this should lead to success. Should.

Lil’ Geek is feeling better and has become more beautiful with each passing minute.

Tomorrow will be an easy day of no exercise before the big weekend.

I’m really looking forward to Saturday’s run. It’ll be a rain or shine run, something another run suggested. Personally, I’m hoping for shine.

The sky is falling and Lil Geek the dinosaur

What a week. On Monday our living room ceiling became our living room floor. Literally.
A quarter of the ceiling had water damage which was going to be fixed on Wednesday. But the ceiling didn’t wait and instead fell into the living room.

Luckily, our contractor came by and fixed it up Tuesday. The roof repairs are scheduled for Monday. One crisis averted.

On Thursday Lil Geek was diagnosed with RSV. Not serious for a one-year-old. But for a two-month old, it can be very serious.

So Lil’ Geek celebrated her two month birthday with a trip to the doctor and then a visit to immediate care. To say she was thrilled would be a bit of an overstatement. We went home with a brand new nebulizer (a breathing machine to the layperson) and hooked it up.

Here’s Lil’ Geek as a dinosaur…

She was a real trooper. She slept through several of the treatments, but it broke my heart to see her like that. Knowing she wasn’t feeling good made my soul ache. But I also know the medicine was helping her, so I was glad to see her as a dinosaur. Even if she was the angriest dinosaur.

It seems she’s starting to feel better, and we’re hoping she is going to be back to her normal self soon: a little girl that has a smile that lights up the world and who can’t get enough of her parents.

Feel better soon Lil’ Geek. We love you.

Happy 2 Months

Lil’ Geek turns the big 02 (months) today. She’s changed so much in the last 30 days.

She sleeps through the night.
She smiles when she’s happy…not just when she’s ummm, conducting business.
She snores. There is no cuter sound.
She recognizes me and Mrs. Fitness Geek and laughs when we tickle her.
She is more beautiful.

Happy two months, lil’ one. Keep growing. You’re about nine pounds now and packin’ on the ounces with every bottle.

As for me, I’m finally back into a routine of some sort that includes work, running, lifting weights, spending time with Mrs. Fitness Geek and hanging out with Lil’ Geek. What more could a guy ask for? I’m going to start blogging more regularly. Up until now, it was just a matter of finding time to do it…

One Month…

Happy one month Lil’ Geek.

You have grown cuter by the day. Your personality is starting to show. You are easygoing. You are unlike most babies we know. You wake up once a night, but only for a change and a quick bottle.

Afterward, you are back asleep, your brow furrowed and your tiny hands opening and closing as if trying to reach for more Zzzzzzzs.

You are tiny. And soft. And you smell like innocence. You probably thought innocence didn’t have a smell. But it does. It has hints of cotton and milk and fresh air.

You smell of fresh air.

When you get upset, you try and throw tantrums, but you are too sweet, too kind to get really angry. Your mother and I laugh because your cries of anger sound as if you’re saying, “Mad! Mad! Mad! Mad!”

People always ask how it is getting up in the middle of the night to feed and change you. I tell them that it’s not too bad. That’s not true.

I look forward to those late night activities. They are blessings. If I’m up with you it means you are here. That was wish for two years. To have you.

And now we do and this first month was a thousand times better than all of our prayers combined.

We love you Lil’ Geek. We love your fat cheeks, your tiny fingers, your bright eyes and your daily battle with hiccups. We love everything about you.