Jason and I had great days

Jason had a great day at the mini-champ swim meet today. He beat all of his previous best times, some by quite a bit.  He also had a great attitude and worked hard today. Unfortunately, his Medley relay was disqualified for a 1 hand touch on the breaststroke. Jason swam the first leg (50 backstroke) and looked really, really good. He was ahead by more than half the pool when he finished. If he had swum like that yesterday, he would have placed higher in the 50 back, I'm sure.

8th out of 74 in the 25 Backstroke (improved 1.17 seconds and earned a ribbon)
15th in the 100 Freestyle (improved 2.06 seconds)
21st out of 65 in the 25 Butterfly (improved 4.05 seconds)
26th out of 74 in the 50 Freestyle (improved 1.62 seconds)

Before the swim meet, I got outside for a run today. I'm very glad I went out.  However, I certainly could tell that I am dieting. I didn't have near the stamina I usually have and was just plain out of gas through most of it. I ended up walking quite a bit off and on. I couldn't even run 2 miles non-stop. I started the walk/run thing at about 1.5 miles. To make up for the lack of constant running, I stayed out there longer than intended. My miles were 11:58, 12:43, 12:10, and 13:05. Then I walked another half mile to put the distance at 4.5 miles in an hour. My 5K was 37:49. Ouch. I'm not going to be too disappointed though. I'm glad I got out there and have been doing well at the weight loss thing, so all-in-all it was a good day for me too.

My family is also pulling for my grandmother to have a good day. She is in the hospital with a pretty bad case of pneumonia. We've kept up on her progress which seems to change daily. Yesterday she was doing great but today things are a little dicey again. Go Grandma!  Kick this thing!