Connecting with wife and kids during Long Training Sessions

We got Lego Rock Band for Christmas. It really brings everyone together and allows us all to connect. It is a challenge to keep up the training and have fun with the kids when I have a chance.

Kandace reached out to me last night. She had been busy all day with her activities. She had played dungeons and dragons role playing, went to the library and went to her youth meeting at church. I tucked her into bed fighting off my own fatigue and told a short story, rubbed her back and said a prayer before retiring for the night.

A Handycam video camera arrived in the mail last night. The kids were really excited to try it out. As usual there was someone squealing for their turn to try it out.

We ran intervals on the treadmill in our Triathlon class.  We ran in zone 2 most of the time with jumps to zone 3 and then 1 minute bursts into zone 4. I kept up! My Polar watch optimizer result yesterday returned a 1 (fully recovered). I feel a little pain in the lower back. I did several Sun salutations to stretch out my back to relieve the pressure. It started after strength training on Tuesday. We did some new leg exercises which pulled on the gluteal muscles.

I used the eliptical trainer during my lunch workout to work those muscles.