On last week’s life and training recap, I got comments from some of you who were “tired just reading that”. Actually, I get those comments on my weekly recaps a lot. I guess my weeks and weekends are packed by other people’s standards, but I typically thrive on being busy. I can push myself to go-go-go – from kids to work to exercise to kids to housework – until I finally crash.
So guess what?
I finally crashed.
Or something like that…
Last week, I lived like a “normal person” in the sense that I barely did any workouts. I’m not kidding. Really, no weekday workouts other than a lot of walking.
I have to say, I just felt exhausted all week.
After getting home from work on that Sunday night at 1:00am after the gala, I was really wiped out on Monday.
A rest day was in order.
So Monday was a planned rest day.
My husband was out of town all week for work and I shared the other car with the au pair, so I was taking the Metro to and from work every day. This takes me about an hour and a half door-to-door, as opposed to 35-60 minutes by car, depending on traffic.
I tend to get motion sickness very easily and the Metro had me feeling really blah when I would finally wrrive home from work.
Tuesday – I tried to fit in activity in my daily life since I wasn’t getting in my workouts, like all the walking and stairs that I could possibly do. Commuting by metro afforded me the opportunity to walk more, which was nice.
I tried really hard to get some workouts in, but apparently not hard enough. I was just wiped out in the evenings, unable to get it done.
One morning, I was in exercise clothes and then didn’t have time because of juggling the kids’ breakfast and before-school routines. I changed into work clothes and set the workout clothes aside.
Then there was the one night where I did everything right. I put my bike on the trainer and put on my workout clothes before putting the kids to bed. I was ready for action once they fell asleep!
So… I woke up at 1am in my 3-year-old’s bed.
I had fallen asleep next to him, and while that can be lovely, the house still wasn’t locked up, the lights were on, and the dinner was still on the counter. I took care of those things quickly and moved to my own bed.
I guess I needed the extra rest.
Other highlights of my un-training week include ordering Halloween costumes for the kids from my computer, going through school papers for three kids, cleaning my closet, and drinking tea in front of the TV in the evening instead of exercising. I had zero energy.
It’s possible that the week was what my body needed to some rest and recovery. The weekend wasn’t a hotbed of training, either – I had a Moms Run This Town group run on Saturday where my boys fought over the running stroller.
But we had a couple miles of run/walk intervals.
It was nice to be outside with them. Don’t let the sad faces fool you, they loved it most of the time.
After the run we went to Target since the 6 year old needed long pants for teeball. We picked up some fun stuff with his birthday gift card.
And then he had his second teeball practice/game. It was awesome, and he is loving baseball!
And then it was time for my daughter’s soccer game.
After all that I took it easy the rest of Saturday and just did things around the house.
On Sunday I had a short sprint triathlon – the Frederick Women’s Sprint Triathlon – with the LUNA Chix as a team race. It was a great and I got first place for my age group! A miracle.
My daughter came with me and loved taking pics and cheering everyone on.
She got this priceless pic of me making a face coming out of T2. I had a brain freeze and wasn’t sure which way to go.
Then we went to a music store to rent my daughter her French Horn for instrumental music, and I spent time getting things done at home. It’s the glamorous life of scooping dog poop in the backyard, don’t be jealous…
So how do I feel after being a “normal person” for a week? A normal person who doesn’t train for anything and doesn’t get up at 5am or stay up until 11 on the bike trainer? A normal person who puts the kids to bed and on the nights she hasn’t fallen asleep in one of their beds, she drinks tea and watches a TV show?
Guilty about missing training.
Stressed about missing training and not staying fit.
Happy that until Friday I ate well and maintained my weight despite relative inactivity.
Well rested.
Ready to get back to it.
I’m already doing more this week than I did last, and it’s only the beginning of the week!
Overall, it was a successful week in that my kids were doing great, I got a lot done at home and spent some quality time with all the kids.
Do you ever have those weeks where you can’t get in the training? How do you bounce back?
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