Monday – 1/2 hour of bowling
Tuesday – arm workout
Wednesday – ran 2 miles (not an improvement on time but not much slower, I was tired.)
Thursday -3.25 double stroller miles
Friday – at least 7100 steps
Saturday – 1 mile run outside ALONE!! So nice lol did it for time 12:36! Working on that speed
Total miles this week: 6.25
Monday- ran 1.5 miles (1 mile for time, .5 of walk run intervals)
Tuesday – off but hit 7000 steps
Wednesday – 1 set of strength workout for legs and walked on the treadmill for 20 min
Thursday – ran 1 mile for time
Friday- off but hit 7000 steps
Saturday – 1 set of strength workout for arms (gotta get my stamina back after this sickness. I am still coughing up phlegm)
Still easing back in but finally feel like I’m starting to get back to it.
Stay healthy! The colds and flus this year are no joke!
It has taken some time and reflection to realize how selfish it was for me to sign up for a marathon at this point in my life without fully thinking through the repercussions for my family.
I am not saying running races is selfish, or being a wife and running marathons is selfish or even being a mom and running marathons is selfish. Simply that for me, at this time in my life, it was.
I didn’t really discuss it with my husband before I signed up….oops, I’ve been married for 5 years and sometimes still forget I’m in a partnership now.
Running a marathon is a HUGE time commitment and can be a large financial one as well. Both of these were/are true for me. Currently I am a slow runner so my long runs took a LONG time. Meaning, we lost most of our Saturdays (during my training) to my long run, especially when you add in that my youngest (and sometimes my oldest) still needs to nap. This means we had no opportunities to camp or do any overnight trips this last summer.
Financially it was a big commitment as well since I chose a marathon in another state (my home state). I did use this as an opportunity/excuse to spend time with my family there but this meant plane tickets, days of extra food costs, and all those miscellaneous costs that come with traveling.
I am not saying I regret doing it. My husband was pretty gracious about it all. My kids got to see family and we as a family got to do an awesome Disneyland trip and make lots of memories.
Also, doing something for me is not selfish (that is not what I am saying) but doing something that impacted my whole family for a big part of the year…….was pretty selfish…..in MY case.
I love to run and will keep running, I love doing races too, but this isn’t my time for racing. That time will come again. For me and my family, this is the time for healthy fitness for me…..and lots of family fun together.
This coming year I look forward to lots of family camping and fun family weekend trips.
What are you looking forward to in 2024?
Monday – ran almost 4 miles.
Wanted to spend some time outside so I loaded the kids up in the double stroller and ran to one park, then to another, then home
Thursday – ran just over 3.5 miles
We skipped one park
Not as much as I hoped to get done but better than nothing!
Back at it!!!
Sunday -OFF
Monday- 3 miles
Tuesday – lower body workout
Wednesday – Upper body
Thursday – 4 miles
Friday – full body burn
Saturday – 1 mile for time (to establish my base mile time that I want to improve on and 4 hill sprints
Sunday – OFF
Monday – 10 min leg workout
Tuesday- 3 miles…..I forgot to take a picture after
Wednesday – 10 min butt workout
Thursday – 3 miles
Friday – OFF
Saturday – OFF we went to a harvest festival
Sunday -OFF
Monday – 10 minutes standing abs
Tuesday – a nap holding both my babies, so needed
Wednesday – 3 miles
Thursday, Friday, Saturday – OFF.
It turned into a rest week for me and I loved it.
I have decided to drop down to a half marathon. My body just isn’t ready for a full after having 2 babies back to back. It was hurting too much after about 13 miles in my hips and tendons
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday -OFF it’s been a weird week hahahaha
Thursday – 3 miles
Friday – OFF
Saturday – 18.5 miles……..was gonna try for 20 but it hurt so much, had to have my husband come pick me up since I was still a little over 1.5 miles from home.
I’m starting to think I might drop down to a half marathon. I’m just so tired. With 2 kids under 3 I have been sleep deprived for over 1.5 years now, I stopped doing cross training or weights because I’ve been so tired. I haven’t 100% decided to drop down to a half yet but I am seriously considering it.
Sunday – OFF
Monday -OFF
Tuesday- 3 miles
Wednesday – 2 mile walk
Thursday – 3 miles
Friday – OFF
Saturday – 15 miles
Total running miles- 21 miles
When life happens……
Sunday -OFF
Monday – 3 miles of walk/run intervals
Tuesday – 2 miles walking
Wednesday – 3 miles walk/run intervals
Thursday – OFF baby woke up with a fever
Friday – OFF baby had diarrhea all day with some blood, ended up in the ER with her
Saturday – baby sick and wanted mommy all day. No long run.
Thank goodness she seems to be on the mend. I was starting to get a little worried. Hopefully the upward trend continues and everything can get back to normal this coming week.
Trailing the blonde 