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Hyping myself up for lift days bc im so damn tired all the time from the 24/7 solo parenting

Today my kid slept the whole time the babysitter was here so like I still got to go to the gym but it means I’m handling 100% of the Big Toddler Feelings solo for days on end. The emotional work to model chill behaviors but give her space for her to feel her feelings but not encourage the drama is just OOOF when it’s relentless solo time like this

My husband will be home tomorrow. Then we’ll have friends visiting for ten days so I won’t be solo with the Toddler Feelings at least

I think I might have caught a mild bug during our travels bc this bike ride to & from the beach felt like straight ass, but my kid just really really really loves being one with the sand and stomping in the ocean so I did it anyway

Finally back home & reasonably well rested after a hellacious travel day, so getting back to that Gym Grind 💪💃🏼💪💃🏼💪

We’ve been in America for 3 weeks.

We did playgrounds, a wedding, a hospital visit, and soooooo much family time.

A slow bleh run today

I switched up my leg day lift and it has me SORE, two days after leg day. So just kind of trudged this one to get it done and shake out my body a bit.

Solo parenting + legs & shoulders at the gym today

Biked to & from town today then hit the gym for chest & tris this afternoon

I did it!

Im honestly pretty bummed about this race. I was doing really well & felt really good for Eleven miles! Was cruising and averaging like 9:30 miles and felt good doing it! And then right at 11 miles my knee just woke up to say actually Fuck You and my time Dropped. I was jog/walking the last two miles and it HURT. So frustrating because like… lungs wise, fine. Energy levels, fine. Rest of body, fine! And my knee didn’t bug me even once during the training cycle! It has not bugged me in 3 months of training! Then to just suddenly come back with a vengeance on race day!

Ugh. Frustrating.

Anyway, I think I’m done running road half marathons, especially massive ones. It took 7 minutes just to start the race after the gun, there were 10 minute lines for every bag drop, packet pick up, etc. It was annoying. I miss my small mountain trail runs tbh. I want to find some of those here. Also, I want to run shorter distances. I’m just not feeling the half anymore. We’ve had a good run, it’s been my favorite distance for like 10 years, but I think a 10k sounds nice right now honestly. Done in an hour, wham bam. If I’m going to be running on roads, that’s all I want.

If I can find beautiful mountain trails again? Different story.

Anyway. This is a ramble bc I need to go to bed.

One last shake out run done today, we’re ready for this race!!

Im in a weird mental funk today/this week and im hoping it goes away for the race because it’s not conducive to running. It’s like a bleh fatigue that’s very not-motivated.

Back from Ireland!

My husband is officially back to work which means I am largely solo parenting. This started as two days in another country in a hotel room so… rough.

I did not get a run in in Dublin. I did get lots of walking in and I discovered so many cool playgrounds. Now we’re back home and I’m still solo parenting for a bit.

Beach morning then a chill easy 5k this afternoon - Garmin recommended even less mileage & even slower than I did but I won’t be running much in the next week (maybe one run in Dublin??) so I wanted to get one last solid run in

Enjoying my last few days of having my husband home to help with the toddler - he starts work on Monday and the office is an hour and a half away so I will be spending lotsssss of time solo with a feral toddler soon

Went to the gym yesterday, but had more fun at rainy forest school + we made Homemade Khachapuri which were so insanely delicious oooooof

Also, I’m going to do a read more cut bc I’m going to talk about numbers related to fitness & weight loss real quick which I damn well know can be triggering

Last long run before the half marathon in two weeks!

We’ll be taking a surprise last minute trip to Dublin next week so I’ll try to get a run in but we’ll see

Threshold run today - mile warm up, two miles at 8:00 pace, mile cooldown. It was hard as hell. But I got a new mile PR, at least since I’ve had this watch. So that’s cool.