Mommy brain, too much rain, injuries, and a sick little bug

Hey world! It’s Virginia…queen of excuses for today!

A few days ago I posted my short 83 days post. Now I’m down to 81 and the week is NOT going as planned. My training plan has me doing some variation of the following schedule:

• Mondays: Swim, Run
• Tuesdays: Bike, weights or other training
• Wednesdays: Swim, Run
• Thursdays: Bike
• Fridays: Swim only
• Saturdays: Long run (some additions to make bricks over the next weeks)
• Sundays: Long ride

That’s a very general look at it…but it’s about that. Anyway, because I was running focused leading up to my marathon, I didn’t get all of that in each week. The bike part was particularly off. This week was to be the week that it all got REAL again.

Then life happened. This week was also to be the week that I really made sure my middle boys were getting in their pool and bike happened. Then life happened.

So…mommy brain…. I’m using that phrase in order to avoid using the phrase BAD MOMMY…which is what I feel like. I’ve talked before about my 9 year old being in a running club at school. Well, they have been on a break between semesters, and I kept wondering when it would start up again. I finally emailed the coach, and she told me it HAD started but my child is not signed up. I THOUGHT I signed him up for the whole year, but I only signed him up for first semester. I asked (begged) for him to get in late and was told NO! No late kids! No space! No excuses! Ok…it didn’t say that in the email….the email was nice…but that was the general idea. SO….I’m a bad mom and now my kiddo is out of running club until next year.

RAIN….It has been raining so much here that my kids just can’t get outside. Even soccer practice (talk about running) keeps getting cancelled. My boys are going nuts…driving me nuts…and generally zapping my energy (of which I have very little after work).

INJURIES…Ok…so one injury. I wrote before about my IT band issues. Well, running my marathon really killed it. I thought it was ok, but each short run I have taken since has killed. PAIN. I ran 3 miles Monday, which was supposed to be 5, and it hurt so much I couldn’t roll over on that side during the night. Obviously my body needs rest from running for a bit, but I love running. It is my quick and go to workout when I need to get something in. It’s also the thing I love to take my kids out to do. I’m frustrated with this. I don’t know how long this will be like this….and it makes me feel a bit weak and defeated.

LAST Frustration…. My sweet little baby (ok..he’s almost 3, but he’s my baby) has the stomach bug. It started at school yesterday and is going strong today. I’ve been thrown up on several times…and he’s so sweet and pathetic. Because of this, I didn’t go to the gym to swim this morning. It’s a pretty good excuse, but it’s still an excuse.

So, as the mom of four kids who works full time, it is probably not surprising that I am not able to do everything I want to do. It is not surprising that I can’t completely control the world around me. I guess it is a lot like triathlon. I can play with all of the variables and be as TYPE A as I want, but sometimes things happen. Sometimes, despite our best efforts, we don’t hit all of the goals. Maybe that is why I love triathlon – it’s a mirror image of my life. So, in the words of Swim Bike Mom, I’m going to JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD!