Good morning!
I hope everyone had a great Monday. Mine started early but it was a full day and that is always something I can hang my hat onto!
I started my day at the gym for a spinning session.
I found this quote this morning and it was exactly what I needed to get myself out of bed.
Sometimes you just have to cut the excuses and get moving.
I completed a total of 1 hour and 37 minutes on the spin bike while enjoying the newest episodes of Hart of Dixie and Reign. I am so excited that I figured out how to connect to our gym’s internet on my iPad. I’ve been missing out and it makes the spinning go by so much quicker!
I didn’t have time for much else because I had to hurry to nanny the cutest little 3 month old for the rest of the day. I honestly didn’t realize how much that would take out of me. 8 hours with a 3 month old!? Yep I was completely exhausted when I got home after 7:00.
I wanted to address something that I didn’t realize would cause such an issue with some people.
I have gotten a couple comments and a few emails on my decision to cross train with Wes during this short time he is having some issues with his hip. I understand to some this can be confusing. It may seem a little strange.
No, Wes did not take any time off when I was dealing with my stress fracture, but he did help me during my cross training. He was about 4 weeks out from 2 marathons at the time, so him taking off from running would have been completely unreasonable.
I am not training for anything currently and for me with my two jobs my schedule doesn’t allow for really more than one thing a day. That being said, I wouldn’t want to cross train with him AND run because that would be getting a little out of control.
I had planned on stepping back soon anyways since I was 3 weeks into running again after coming back from a stress fracture. I figured this would be as good a time as any and at the same time I can support Wes a little bit.
I understand some of you may think it is crazy, and you have the right too but it is what works and helps my husband. I am going to do what is right for my husband and I regardless of opinions, but you are welcome to express them. We are hoping that sometime this week we will get an answer and hopefully it won’t be too much longer. If I am able and at a point where I can step back from running a little and it helps my husband get through a tough time, why not?
There you have it. If you have any questions you are welcome to email me! Moving on…..
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What did your Monday workout look like?
Why would it be weird to cross train? Because you’re doing it to support your husband? One, I don’t think that’s weird and two, even if you weren’t, cross training for runners is really important!
I’ve hurt myself a number of times just running and that has allowed me to he able to spend time strengthening other areas for a more well rounded workout and (fingers crossed) no more running injuries.
Maybe I missed an earlier post about why people are giving you flack, but I think it’s caring of you and smart! Good luck!
Wow … I think that is the closest to ‘testy’ I have seen you on the blog 🙂 Pretty much “my family, my decision, STFU and let’s move along!” haha, not really but pretty decisive.
The thing is, I am not sure some people can see that ‘focusing on being the best ME possible’ and ‘taking a step back to support my husband’ are NOT mutually exclusive. Making your choice doesn’t mean being subservient or whatever – because as married couples we are both individuals and part of a whole. While we must maintain our individual identity, we must also maintain the whole.
The ’50/50 relationship’ is at best an average across all things and all times. Sometimes it tilts in one direction, sometimes the other … and seldom is EVERYTHING split evenly.
As someone who skipped my morning run because my wife is still sick and rather than her get up I took care of her in the middle of the night and sat up until she could get to sleep, just like 4 days after tearing all of the ligaments in her ankle she was in a boot by the finish line cheering me across the marathon line!
It is what we do for those we love, and I support you 100%.
You have to do what’s right for you, girl! If that’s supporting Wes by cross-training, go for it, as long as it’s making you happy! I agree with Michael that things are not split 50/50 all the time … it’s a give and take, and as long as you are both happy over many years, you’re good!
I think its great that you are supporting Wes by cross-training with him! It may be different if you were training for something specific like he was when you were injured, but it sounds like this is working well for you right now. It also seems like you are enjoying cross training now more than you were before, when you were running and cross-training by yourself (but that is just my impression, I don’t think you ever said that:))
Sara, I think your decision to cross train and support Wes is awesome! It makes me kind of laugh that people have such issue with it. Number one, it is your decision. You are the one that needs to follow your heart and do what is best for you, for your life and for your marriage. And number two, it’s no ones business what you choose to do. OK, maybe they wouldn’t do what you are doing and they don’t have to. I will never understand why people get so bent out of shape with other people’s decisions. As long as you are happy, and it’s not hurting anyone then I say GO FOR IT. You are a strong young lady and I admire you for doing this for Wes. Please keep us posted on his progress. Did he get any test results back yet? Is he feeling any better at all? I am praying for the best for both of you. Take care!
Just curious, if you’re not training for anything, why the need to do more than 90 minutes on the spinning bike? That seems to go beyond simply exercising for fitness/health.
I am still going to be working my way back up to eventually train to qualify for Boston again so right now my cross training is to keep my endurance up. When I bike for 90 minutes I’m usually not doing crazy intensive biking it’s more to just keep my endurance up for a period of time
I see that training to qualify for Boston is a goal ~ I may have missed it but have you run a marathon yet? How far off of a BQ time were you? I missed that simply BQ’ing was your goal.
I have run Chicago twice and I need to cut a little under an hour off my marathon time. I know it’s a lot and I was much further along until I got injured. So now I’m slowly working my way back up…it’s gonna be a long and slow process but thats okay
Monday I had an easy spin 1 hour and a planned swim. I got on my bathing suit, sat in the jacuzzi, was about to hop into the pool, talked to my coach and realized I needed a mental day off. Sometimes you just need that and when a coach tells you to do it you probably really need it. I think it is great you are cross training with Wes! It is fun to do together and your workouts are yours, so do what you want! Also 97 min on the spin bike is awesome!