Since I am keeping up a once a month blog schedule, I guess I am now overdue.
On work....
This week marks my return to work full time. I am officially a working Mom now. I have so many mixed feelings about it and maybe in time they will sort themselves out. If I'm completely honest, I was in some ways ready to start back at work. Part of it was just wanting to get this transition over with and get settled into my new normal. Being on maternity leave was temporary and I never planned to be a full time stay at home mom. But only because it was never an option for us for me not to work. Trust me, we tried to make the numbers work. It would have been so much easier for me to stay home with twins. Even with how expensive two infants will be in daycare, it still didn't make sense for me to not work.
On workouts...
Even though it's only been a couple weeks, I am already realizing how hard this will be. One, I figured getting my workouts in would be manageable after work. Of course, I didn't factor in how much I would miss my little ones and want to spend time with them. The time I get to spend with them is so short now, I hate to be gone more than I have to. I am thinking eventually I will have to switch to early morning or late evening workouts when they are sleeping. I Loathe - with a capital L - morning workouts. I have always been terrible at working out first thing in the morning. With the new schedule I have, I would be getting up around 4:30 to make it happen. Yes, it's doable, but not in the least bit desirable. The evening is more appealing, but then it brings up questions of how and when to eat. I wouldn't want to eat my usual big dinner and try to attempt running, but also wouldn't want to wait until 10 pm to eat. So in a nutshell, I have yet to figure this one out.
Because of that, I haven't officially signed up for the Monster Dash 1/2 marathon I was hoping to train for. I have time to decide, but don't want to commit and be under trained and have to do some half-assed run/walk (which there is nothing wrong with - it's just not for me) or completely melt down somewhere around mile 8. The Hal Higdon Novice 2 program is enticing, since I know there is no way I could be ready to actually try for a PR, it would be about using the training to get back into shape and complete the race hopefully in 2 hours. If I can carve out 4 days a week to run, I think I could do it. (Or in other words, if Mr. BKL is supportive, I can do it. I know I can physically do it!) The long run is the key factor in completing the distance, so here is what I would tentatively do:
Sunday: 3-4 miles easy
Tuesday: 3-4 miles tempo or intervals
Thursday: 3-4 miles easy
Saturday: long run
On being a parent...
Yeah, I know. You read about how hard it is all the time. I get it. It is hard. They say the things in life that are hard are the things that are worth it. Or something like that. So far I find this to be true. I have never been challenged emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually as I have in the past 3 months. I also know that as far as twins go, we are in the thick of the hardest phase. Everyone says the first 4 months are the hardest. Maybe someday I will link back to this post and agree with that.
And here are the babies...because that's really why you are here.
On work....
This week marks my return to work full time. I am officially a working Mom now. I have so many mixed feelings about it and maybe in time they will sort themselves out. If I'm completely honest, I was in some ways ready to start back at work. Part of it was just wanting to get this transition over with and get settled into my new normal. Being on maternity leave was temporary and I never planned to be a full time stay at home mom. But only because it was never an option for us for me not to work. Trust me, we tried to make the numbers work. It would have been so much easier for me to stay home with twins. Even with how expensive two infants will be in daycare, it still didn't make sense for me to not work.
On workouts...
Even though it's only been a couple weeks, I am already realizing how hard this will be. One, I figured getting my workouts in would be manageable after work. Of course, I didn't factor in how much I would miss my little ones and want to spend time with them. The time I get to spend with them is so short now, I hate to be gone more than I have to. I am thinking eventually I will have to switch to early morning or late evening workouts when they are sleeping. I Loathe - with a capital L - morning workouts. I have always been terrible at working out first thing in the morning. With the new schedule I have, I would be getting up around 4:30 to make it happen. Yes, it's doable, but not in the least bit desirable. The evening is more appealing, but then it brings up questions of how and when to eat. I wouldn't want to eat my usual big dinner and try to attempt running, but also wouldn't want to wait until 10 pm to eat. So in a nutshell, I have yet to figure this one out.
Because of that, I haven't officially signed up for the Monster Dash 1/2 marathon I was hoping to train for. I have time to decide, but don't want to commit and be under trained and have to do some half-assed run/walk (which there is nothing wrong with - it's just not for me) or completely melt down somewhere around mile 8. The Hal Higdon Novice 2 program is enticing, since I know there is no way I could be ready to actually try for a PR, it would be about using the training to get back into shape and complete the race hopefully in 2 hours. If I can carve out 4 days a week to run, I think I could do it. (Or in other words, if Mr. BKL is supportive, I can do it. I know I can physically do it!) The long run is the key factor in completing the distance, so here is what I would tentatively do:
Sunday: 3-4 miles easy
Tuesday: 3-4 miles tempo or intervals
Thursday: 3-4 miles easy
Saturday: long run
On being a parent...
Yeah, I know. You read about how hard it is all the time. I get it. It is hard. They say the things in life that are hard are the things that are worth it. Or something like that. So far I find this to be true. I have never been challenged emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually as I have in the past 3 months. I also know that as far as twins go, we are in the thick of the hardest phase. Everyone says the first 4 months are the hardest. Maybe someday I will link back to this post and agree with that.
And here are the babies...because that's really why you are here.
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| Taken by Dad with the iPad. He likes to show me what I am missing while at work. |
