Rushing week, birthday party, and tapering weeks

This week has been hectic. Partly due to high management visit which led extra work and meal time FaceTime with her. All good but super busy, especially since I'll be away for 10 days so need to wrap up some work. We also celebrated Sofia's 11th birthday on Thursday, public holiday, from 10am to 6pm. … Continue reading Rushing week, birthday party, and tapering weeks →

Weekend: small adventures

I didn't have the planned weekend pre-Sofia getting sick, but we managed to insert small adventures to make it a good one. Saturday morning was spent in the kitchen. I baked 4 loafs of bread, one banana bread, while the girls did their homework at leisure pace. I was feeling tired, afraid of getting sick, … Continue reading Weekend: small adventures →

5 on Friday: tears

#1 a lot of tears were shed on Friday, by Sofia. Sofia felt sick Thursday evening, and woke me up midnight as she had 39C fever. I gave her Tylenol, she went back to sleep, she skipped school on Friday, no fever some coughing until 1pm, 39C again. I took her to the doctor and … Continue reading 5 on Friday: tears →

Midweek check in

It is 5:36am and I am writing my post because I can't run outdoor again. Pollution has been bad this week so I haven't run outdoor since Sunday. I am into tapering weeks so I don't feel bad about it. Better to be safe than doubting permanent damage I am doing to my lungs each … Continue reading Midweek check in →

Weekend & Workout report

I survived the peak of my training cycle, barely, with lots of doubts and aches. But let's rewind Saturday: 9 miles steady run went well, although the pollution was pretty bad at the end. Lizzy had her piano lesson early at 8am. She complained that that's too early and asked me to reschedule. I not-nicely … Continue reading Weekend & Workout report →