What has gotten into me?
Here are a few theories:
1. I am working my butt off. Working through most lunches while grading, grading late at night, finding some sweet new lessons for my APs and trying to really integrate my new iPads I got through my grant for World. This is good, but makes me really tired.
2. My kids have a level of energy that would make a squirrel on about 19 shots of espresso look slow.
3. I miss throwing my energy into races. I enjoy where I'm putting my energy now, but I do miss a good, hard, last mile at the end of a tri where I'm chasing someone or some goal. I heart that, and I haven't really had it since August (save the 5K where I accidentally broke my 9 year old PR for literally no rational reason).
So, I emailed Ana to see if I could talk her into something crazy--doing Rev3 Cedar Point with me next year. And you know her response?
"Oh my goodness...this would take some TJ (husband) convincing. Are you sure I won't drown?"
To which I thought, SHE DIDN'T SAY NO! VICTORY IS MINE!
Now here's the problem. Since early September I've been acting pretty much like a duathlete. Which a duathlete, I am not, people. I am a triathlete through and through. So I MUST get back in the pool. But how?
Sigh.
I have to make this work somehow. Some ideas I'm tossing around:
1. Picking one morning a week to go before school but I'd have to go straight to school. This requires a good deal of coordination on my end (bags, breakfast, lunch, clothes, etc.) and would not be fun for Matt since he'd have to get both kids out of the house solo by 7:00am which he's really good at but still it's kind of a headache. Four hands from 6:45am-7:00am are really almost a necessity.
2. Pick one day after school and go directly from school, hopping in the water sometime around 3:40, so I can be home by dinner. Pros--relatively convenient for Matt and I . Cons--I just hate spending more time away from the kids after school, even if it is one measly hour.
3. Go at night, after Bean is in bed and while Bug is getting put to bed. Judging by the schedule, this would need to be probably Monday or Wednesday. Pros: no missing time with Bug or Bean and easiest on Matt. Cons: OMG, do you understand how HARD it is to get motivated to head OUT to swim at 8pm? ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
I've been running, riding, and lifting mostly at night or in the wee hours of the morning lately. Realistically, I think Option 3 is probably my best bet. But man, that's gonna be hard. I'm going to need someone to hold me accountable. DO YOU HEAR ME, INTERWEBS?
I'm going to keep doing some thinking, crunching, and pool-scheduling research, but my goal is to get back in the water in December. I need to put the tri back in this athlete.
3 comments:
I'm already dreaming of a 70.3 in July. I'm so excited that I swam on Tuesday. I think you're overthinking the swim. The swim is a warm up, remember?
And if it makes you feel any better, the last time I swam I was still preggo with my bean. Like 2nd trimester preggo.
Get in the workouts that you can whenever you can. I'm so ready to get back in the pool it's not funny, I don't want to wait until next week when my new tat has healed or I'm fully recovered from the ironman.
I say the go right after school plan sounds the best to me. You have no excuse other than to just go and do the work so that you can get home and have dinner/time with your family. I find that if I come home from work before starting a workout then the gravitational pull of the couch is much too strong for me to overcome and the workout never happens!
The other thing that works for me is the morning swim where I go right to work from the pool but I also don't have two kid's to get out the door or have to get going that early so I understand how that option would be hard for you.
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