Personal Trainer(s)

Wait…you mean to tell me not everybody trains for a ½ marathon this way???? I don’t mind so much when they hit the button to change the color of the screen or want to give me kisses. I'll even play Wii to make the time go faster or throw a pitch or two. But, when they hit the “10” button "by accident" I am not so patient but then again I am too worried about falling on my rear end and too out of breath and too focused on finding the “5” button to fuss at them. I thought exercise was supposed to reduce my stress level???? -whoever made up that nonsense didn’t try to run for 45 minutes on a treadmill with preschoolers in the house who are not bothered by a shower of sweat, body odor, and heavy breathing – ones who want you to explain what every button on the machine does, twice and ask every 30 seconds how much longer you have to run, and who want to know why I can’t run faster than I am going and ask repeatedly if I will be able to do the fast speeds once I am a little older. At 8, is Caleb really too young to babysit while I run outside???? The ½ marathon isn’t until November and he will be 9 a few months before that…