Rather than line up my calendar with races each weekend, I am working on being more focused on fewer races and hoping for greater output. But along with that, I've realized that I have to learn about BALANCE. As a new mom, I'm trying to take care of my son as well as take care of myself and continue to have a loving relationship with my husband.
So with that, I can't train twice a day the way I used to. Not can I just wake up and go running or biking. Everything has to be well-planned and scheduled. This has made me very cognizant of my time.
This year I have been very fortunate to get the opportunity to stay home with my son throughout the day (all thanks to my husband). I am so thankful that I get to wake up and spend my entire day with him. I know that my own training will further be adjusted once I return back to work at the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year but I look forward to growing as an athlete and a mother.
Things that I love right now:
- My beautiful family
- The YMCA and their child care service YKids. This has been so essential to my training! My son can play at the Y while I go for a run, swim a few laps or take a cycling class!
- Baby boot camp. This great company runs a program about 1.5 miles from my apartment. Having something like this on my schedule got me in a routine of getting out of the house with the little man, in the sun and focusing on getting my strength back!
- Cloth diapers and cloth wipes! I felt like I was causing so much waste every single day from all of the diaper changes that we had! I finally decided to cloth diaper my little boy and I am so glad that I did! I'll definitely have to do a video of our routine some day!
