The high from the 1/2 Ironman lasted for a solid couple weeks. It was the culmination of years of training and really exceeded my goals for the year. So I felt ecstatic, I walked taller and beamed w/ a sense of accomplishment.
At the time I foresaw some changes coming in regards to my available training time. My wife Bree was finishing her Bachelor's Degree and looking to start working full-time any day. She'd been a wonderful stay-at-home mom for 12 years and had been taking online classes the last 3yrs so she could pursue some her own goals once both kids were in school full-time. While being a homemaker is a full time job in it's own right, it did have its' advantages, especially for me. My only job was to go to work and try be home a couple nights a week and one day on the weekends. Beyond that, as soon as the work day struck 5, I could go workout til' my heart's content. Each day was full of opportunity, swim in the morning, run at lunch, weights at night; or any combination thereof.
This all came to sudden, though expected, crash when Bree got her job at a local daycare; the first step towards becoming a licensed teacher. Her hours were a strict 9-6 M-F. So just like that, after years of her taking the kids to and from school, keeping up w/ household chores during the day, and putting dinner on the table, Bree would no longer be able to do any of those things during the week. That put the responsibility square on me. My job is pretty flexible; so long as I put in my time and get jobs done I can come and go as necessary, within reason.
Now I take the kids to school, pick them up and get them to and from football, karate and track. I love being a part of it but it really cuts the day up and forces my work schedule to either go late or start early. My workouts are sporadic and it's been difficult to get any consistency. Plus, with the workouts being later at night now, I've found it hard to keep the energy needed to push it w/ out drinking coffee and causing sleepless nights.
In short, I've thrown any planned schedule out the window. Any free time I have in the evening is spent on the couch watching some TV w/ Bree. I'm just now starting to adapt and find the necessary energy to workout at night or early in the morning. It just take time. I've never held myself to the strictest of schedules, allowing my energy levels and body needs to tell me when and what to train but now it's truly a la carte. Get in a quick run here, hit the gym for 30min there.
A typical long winded excuse for my lack of consistent blogging to be sure. I just wanted to get something down as a pause for the upcoming Colorado Relay race report.
Preview: My first of 3 runs was a 12.85 mile run/hike up and over Georgia
Pass at almost 12,000 feet. The bonus: blizzard like conditions, 4inches of fresh snow pelting us most of the way. That's how memories are made!
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