Yesterday turned out to be a fabulous day! Hubster was off, so after I had a brief client meeting, we were both free for the day! Hubby asked me if I wanted to go to Michael's... I said great! Then I hear him on the phone with Michael and realize we aren't going to Michaels the craft store but a friends house. No biggie-- except I had a run planned with my stepdad. So I worked out that we would run from our friends house. It was cold and doing that fun ice/rain thing and as we were running off, I was getting directions from our friend on how to do "the loop" from their house.
Well-- since it was going to be pushing feeding time and I had fogotten a bottle-- we planned to just go three miles so I could BF when we got back. As some point in the run we had gone 1.7 miles so we decided to loop back (or so we thought)... we kept running and running knowing we were lost and came out on the main road far away from their house. Oops.
I was really enjoying the run. The rain felt good, my body felt good and I secretly enjoyed being lost and having to run further. And because it was dark and we were running along some major roads, we were picking up our pace too. When all was said and done we ran 5.3 miles and my little guy was still sound asleep when we got back. Shoo ! And my hubby was only a little worried about what in the world happened to us.
Then to top it all off-- our friends had homemade fried icecream dessert waiting for us. You better bet I ate some. (Icecream with cinnamon rolled in chopped up corn flakes and same maple syrup... my mouth is watering just thinking about it). And I woke up my sleepy little guy and fed him! SO it was a fabulous and fun day and a reminder that I can still run and feel good.
Here is a recent pic of the kiddo... He is 20 weeks old!
Got a nice run in on Saturday and have another planned for tonight. My running parter (stepdad) and I agreed that we have had a lot of excuses the last few weeks and we're over them. We are planning evenings to run again. If we ran through all last winter (while I was prego and very sick to boot) then surely we can get motivation for this season. Plus we have a half marathon to get ready for in April and as I said before, I can't be slower than last year! So tonight-- I am bundling up the little guy and heading out for a run!
And-- for additional accountability-- when I can't find the motivation to run, I am sticking in one of my Jillian Michaels dvds and gonna let her kick my butt instead. : ) I would like to get my abs back to a pre-baby condition, and that isn't going to happen by doing nothing!
Ran 3.29 miles last night and hikes 3 today! Happy dance.
Remember that excuses list...
Yesterday was an unusually warm 50 degrees and today is an insane 65 or so! No excuses, then-- so I ran/hiked!!
Happy New Year!!!
I have been downright awful about posting and running. I want to just be fair in stating both.
Reasons I give for not running:
1. Its cold.
2. Its dark when I actually have a husband to watch the kid. Thereby dark and cold.
3. I do not feel justified in taking a 4 month old out for a cold run even if he is bundled up really well.
4. Don't kill me for writing this but when you go back to your normal size within a couple weeks (and are happy at your normal size) it is hard to feel motivated to run again. But I need to. I know when I stop breastfeeding it won't be as easy to maintain. And I know my 2 years of running before this point aided in being able to say that.
So there we have it. My lot? Treadmill purchase (which I despise treadmills!!) and/or workout videos are in my near future.
Someone tell me to get my butt in gear on this! I have a half marathon in April and don't want to run it slower than my pregnant self did last April!
My cup runnith over, y'all seriously. I may not do as well getting out for runs now that it is COLD and I have a real live baby to bundle up, instead of just hauling my bump out the door, but I LOVE being a Mama!
For all of my fear about being a mom, would I like my kid? Check.
Would my hubby be ok with me loving a little person too? Check.
Would I actually like being a mom? Check.
It was all unfounded fears. I love this season of my life and can truly say it is one of the more fulfilling experiences in life I have had to date, and I was never someone that sat by and let life happen. I have explored chunks of this big world (several trips to Europe and 2 to Africa) and as exciting as the exploration was, it doesn't compare to the way your heart wants to explode when you witness even a small milestone of your child. I know I am gushing, but for others that have their first "bump" on board, I want you to know, it will all be ok and then some!
