Finding the correct balance in life is never easy. I am experiencing this first hand over the past week. My son is now 6 weeks old, and has developed his very own "personality." The first four weeks of his life came with few strings attached, good sleeper, mild mannered, good eater. However, we have quickly ended the honeymoon phase and now we have a challenge on our hands. For me, it has become difficult to fit in the training without driving myself crazy. With an uncontrollable baby, finding consistent training time is virtually impossible. Early morning trainer rides, runs, or swims used to be in the log book easily. Now, I find myself rocking, bouncing, and consoleing before I head out to work. Which leaves evening training time, not too bad, except you throw in about 3-4 hours of sleep and suddenly going out for a run at 7 pm is a very hard task.
To give you an example, I think I hit about 98% of my scheduled workouts last season. Consistency has been one of the reasons for my sucess in this sport. I missed a key workout today, and as most type "A" triathlon personalities, it drives me crazy. But I'm learning....learning to accept things that are not under my control. And learning that tommorrow will bring new opportunties, and challenges that will only make me stronger in the long run. So as I prepare to call it another week and put the past behind me, I am eager to start anew and continue the push to find balance. Have a great day, and sleep well :)
SJI
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Son, I read with pride your desire to be the best athlete possible in addition to your family responsibilities. Please allow me to help with the children.....plan some quality time with Tobi, and I'll babysit.
ReplyDeleteI'm gearing for Hawaii but will give up my spot so that Tobi can join you. Persuade her.
Neither Logan nor Kyle will remember Mom being gone for the week.
Can I contact anyone here in Indy to blog you? MOM