Tough times

Last week, mar 14-18, was a tough week! Apart from being a mom and my husband being a chiropractor, we are also dog breeders. Our female, jetta, was expecting her 3rd litter and we hit some complications. Long story short, we had an emergency c-section and lost 2 of the 4 puppies. I never considered myself someone who would get attached to my pet, but we had to really talk about how much money we would be willing to spend on my dog. I was so emotional and sleep deprived, my poor husband was probably willing to pay anything to prevent me from having a nervous breakdown. Jetta is doing great and the puppies we sale will cover the cost of the vet. The two pups are doing so good and are super cute! So this all started the 13th at midnight, I stayed up almost all night. We got about 3 hours of sleep before we got up for school and work. Then that afternoon we were at the vet having surgery. We got home and took our 12 yr old out for her bday date. Needless to say no workout. We stayed up and watched the dogs that night, my husband sleeping in the garage. Tuesday, I wanted to train, but started getting sick. Wed I was super sick with sick kids at home. Thursday I felt better, so I went to the gym and ran for 10 min then had to leave because I had an asthma attack and didn't have my inhaler! Friday just didn't seem to workout either, I was so exhausted from the whole week. Finally Saturday I made myself get out of bed and go to the gym, armed with my accelerade and inhaler, I owned that hour and fifteen min run!! I ran a 10k and felt great!
I talked to my sister and shared with her my worries of missing a whole week of training. She reassured me that all would be fine. I guess that's why Saturday's run was so successful. The stress of not doing enough and ruining everything was lifted.
Last week was yet another reminder that training is tough and life will have it's ups and downs and I just have to roll with it. I just need give a 100% in all my training and know that race day I will be able to do my best.
Does life keep throwing fastballs your way? Do you feel like your striking out?
Talk about it, get all those worries out! Someone can help lift the burden, even if it's just to listen. Exercising is a great way to get those frustrations out, so go grab your workout clothes and get busy. You'll have time to think through things and in the end you'll feel great!


Chris