When I was nursing my older child, I remember wishing and aching for a pod of rest, all my own, from which I could emerge, energized and ready for life's next round. I did get one or two solid sleeps in the first six months of her life (they were true gifts from the universe!), and they helped me to not only make clear-headed decisions (e.g. do NOT step out of the bathroom naked when a visitor comes by) but also to recognize that the rest of my life was not going to be an over-tired haze because that small reward of sleep allowed my to keep my eye on my goal: To keep nursing for a year.
During that time, my best friend and super-talented running partner gave me a baby blue, long-sleeved T-shirt that read "Marathon Mom" in an understated type. My daughter was a newborn, and I had yet to run a marathon as a mother, but I was in the middle of a 20-month life-giving endurance run (including pregnancy and breastfeeding).
During that time, my best friend and super-talented running partner gave me a baby blue, long-sleeved T-shirt that read "Marathon Mom" in an understated type. My daughter was a newborn, and I had yet to run a marathon as a mother, but I was in the middle of a 20-month life-giving endurance run (including pregnancy and breastfeeding).
Although the pregnancy experience was largely passive, there had been a tremendous amount of self-care and spiritual communing with my yet-to-be-born little one in order to physically and mentally prepare for her birth.
Fast forward to that beautiful summer of 2008, baby at the boob day and night, getting my running self back for a 15k race in September, and staring down the schedule change of going back to work and pumping milk twice a day in late fall. There was a heck of a lot going on at once, but giving my total physical and emotional self made me not only more disciplined and confident, but also gave me a healthy, happy child. Now, with two children, two blogs, a full-time job and a wellness practice, one good night's sleep can be the difference between sticking to a marathon training plan and throwing in the towel. Which leads me to the point of this first post.
Fast forward to that beautiful summer of 2008, baby at the boob day and night, getting my running self back for a 15k race in September, and staring down the schedule change of going back to work and pumping milk twice a day in late fall. There was a heck of a lot going on at once, but giving my total physical and emotional self made me not only more disciplined and confident, but also gave me a healthy, happy child. Now, with two children, two blogs, a full-time job and a wellness practice, one good night's sleep can be the difference between sticking to a marathon training plan and throwing in the towel. Which leads me to the point of this first post.
Can I:
-teach full time
-maintain two blogs
-service my Total Body Analysis and Energy Healing clients
-train six days a week for the Buffalo Marathon on May 25 AND
run a Boston Marathon qualifying time (BQ)
run a Boston Marathon qualifying time (BQ)
-be present as a wife and mother, and
-keep my shit together
simultaneously?
These six elements will rely heavily on the support of my family and friends, of course, but also on my own use of Total Body Analysis remedies and Energy Healing techniques.
My next post will describe why I have chosen these goals, a six-day-a-week marathon training program (!), my previous running experience, and the purpose of my alternative wellness practice and its role in this blog. The next 19 weeks will be quite a run. Join me for updates on my training, bumps in the road, as it were, and how my alternative wellness therapies are keeping me going for a BQ.
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