Having a baby is such a crazy ride.
I feel like I can’t say that enough, or I just can’t find the right words to express how truly insane it is. I mean, I love it, but it’s bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
Before I was ever pregnant I quit running to lift weights (if you’ve been around a while, you know this story). I guess I was just burnt out on running, and looking for something new to do. I loved lifting, but when I got pregnant, it fell to the wayside. Pretty much everything fell to the wayside; I would have never, in a million years, thought I would have been as lazy as I was during pregnancy. It’s just exhausting, and I couldn’t make myself care that I wasn’t going to the gym, and that I was gaining more weight than I wanted to gain.. After all, it was for the babay…
Towards the end of my pregnancy I was REALLY looking forward to getting back into running.. I guess I was planning to get back into running pretty early on since we bought a BOB running stroller before I was even 20 wks.
and then that crazy nerve damage side-lined me, and then life.. life just got in the way, and I let it. I just never made myself a priority. Obviously Paisley is the most important thing, and then Chris, and work, and I’ll find time for myself once everyone else is taken care of.
I felt like I was drowning in work – I took 4 weeks off completely, and then worked a few hours here & there as Paisley allowed for the next 8wks or so. So basically I was 12 weeks behind when I finally started attempting to really work again. I’m finally to a place where I feel like I’m not drowning in paperwork – I don’t feel guilty about taking a break during nap time to get a workout in, and something in my head just clicked. I wanted to run, and I finally made it a priority. It is something that I love. Something that makes me feel good, and something that I generally look forward to.
I’m participating in a July run streak – it’s exactly what it sounds like – I’m going to attempt to run every day in July. While this might not be my smartest plan, it’s a great way to keep me accountable, and to help me start building up a base for my upcoming half marathon. Granted, the half marathon is in January, so I have plenty of time. I don’t want to just skirt by in the half-marathon, I want to enjoy the race, not suffer through 13.1 miles.
So here I am, 7 days into my July running streak, and going strong. I hit the treadmill after I put Paisley down for the night, running at 9pm is not ideal, but our schedule was all amiss today, and it was the only available opportunity I had. Believe me, if it weren’t for the July running streak, there is no way I would have run today.
There is no distance or time requirement; I just have to run, everyday. I think I can do it, and so can you.
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