Sick and Tired!

There are few things worse than sick kids. Since my last post my 2 youngest children got extremely sick. My 11 mo old was on the verge of RSV and my 3 yr olds cold induced asthma flared up. Ugh!! My husband and I took turns watching the kids during the night to watch their breathing and do nebulizer treatments and during the day I held them both so they felt comforted. My house was a disaster and dinners were not very healthy, well not bad either, it's hard to eat crappy food when you are gluten free.
So I missed my monday training. I got my wednesday bike/run in and my Friday run/swim. Saturdays long bike ride was skipped too. I spent an early morning in the hospital with our little dude on Friday after staying up with him all night. By Saturday afternoon I was so exhausted I decided that rest was what I needed to keep myself healthy.
The kids are still recovering, so I pray with this crazy snowy weather we're getting they will continue to get better!
On to training!!!
Yesterday I woke up late and only had time for an hour bike ride. Took my iPod and jammed to the playlist my sister had on it. I warmed up for 6 min and went into my 8 min intervals with rest in-between and finished with a 6 min cool down. It was a fun, entertaining morning as usual with the spinning group.
This morning I got up early and went to the gym/pool to do my swim. Today I had to swim 1800 yds in 45 min. I was sure that it was going to take me longer, but I felt strong in the pool. I did some stroke work, which took me back to high school and my coach on the side of the pool re-teaching me to swim. My stroke got sloppy and he was determined to get it corrected. I was doing the same techniques today, that he had me doing over 15 years ago. I also had company in the pool, strangers, but company. There were 4 other swimmers doing their thing. I love it when I have other people to push me, though they are unaware of their help. At the end of my cool down I checked my watch and low and behold I finished in 40 min!! Whoo hoo! I text my husband to brag of my accomplishment. He congratulated me and then reminded me that I needed to practice with my wetsuit and in cold water. Boo! That will have to wait until May, when it has hopefully warmed up.

So despite the crazy week I've had, I really got some great workouts in. Oh!! I totally forgot! My 11 mo old is now 1 year old! Her bday was Saturday, my husband and I took her out on a lunch date. More of a date for us ;) she had fun though and some nice alone time with mom and dad.
Ok! Get out there and work hard! There's no better time than now to accomplish your training goals. Whether it's for a race, to loose weight, or to get ready for summer. You can do it! I believe in you!

Chris :)