The reason I was faster after I had Faith was because I started taking running more seriously and babies are like tiny personal trainers. Now that Cordelia is here, she has taken over the role of doling out workouts for me.
On Monday I took everyone out for a run (both kids and the dog) and it started out as a peaceful run. I normally feed Cordelia, let her move around a bit on her exercise mat, change her diaper and then put her in the car seat for the run. This means she is just about ready for nap and cranky. I want her to nap when we run, but it makes the getting ready process difficult. My latest McGuyver parenting technique is working so far:
Step one: Assemble cranky baby.
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| Mommy! This is unacceptable! |
Step two: Put on top of dryer and turn on low heat.
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| Shake and Bake baby |
Step three: Blissful silence while you finish getting ready to run. That's a lie. There is nothing silent about getting a toddler and hound dog ready to run.
I've usually broken a sweat before we've even left the house.
Anyway, on Monday Cordelia was asleep when we left and when we were about a mile from home, she just starting screaming. I had to book it home as fast as I could go pushing that double stroller. When we got back inside and I picked her up, she stopped crying and smiled at me. "Mommy out of breath" is hilarious when you're 10 weeks old.
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| You're out of shape Mommy |
Then today before I left for my run, Cordelia was fussy and I figured she'd drift off once we got going. Her fussing was escalating and once I got to the bottom of the big hill out of my neighborhood, I decided to turn around and go home since Cordelia was getting so upset. I pushed the heavy stroller up that big hill as fast as I could go...and when I got to the top that silly baby was sound asleep. Then I turned around and went back down that big hill and finished my run as planned. I guess the baby thought I needed some hill work?
Maybe Cordelia knew I was getting spoiled this week and that's why she made some of my workouts harder. I'm getting spoiled because my mother-in-law has been here all week because she came to help me out for my husband's first work travel since the baby arrived. Not only does she cook and feed me every night, she also made me dairy free cookies:
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| I've eaten 12 times this amount already |
Faith has had someone to read her endless stories while I feed the baby and Cordelia is living the baby dream of being held almost all the time (between the 2 of us, she was rarely put down this week).
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| Oh man, this is the life |
This post may make it seem like I sold Faith to the gypsies, but actually it's just that I have 30 pictures of a toddler blur. I either need a better camera or I should stop letting her eat so many of her Grandma's cookies.
Do you do hill and speed work on your own or do you need someone else (or a training plan) to tell you to do it?
this made me happy only because i'm glad to find out that i'm not the only one breaking a sweat just trying to get out.
ReplyDeletei can't do anything on my own. need to be shouted at.
I break into a sweat just thinking about taking them both to the doctor.
DeleteJust reading about pushing all that up a hill makes me tired. Those kids are slave drivers!
ReplyDeleteShe could be a trainer on the Biggest Loser!
DeleteYour first sentence does not compute...people run without logging miles or pace? What poor, Garmin-less country are they from?
ReplyDeleteI live surrounded by hills, so if I want to run outside I'm pretty much stuck doing hill work. When I run on my treadmill I play games with the speed to make the time go by easier. Speedwork out of sheer boredom!
This makes me really not miss stroller running.
ReplyDeleteI also do speedwork out of boredom since I run on the treadmill!
ReplyDeleteThose cookies look very yummy, and usually non-chocolate treats don't appeal that much to me.
Cordelia is so cute and that last picture is priceless! I miss Faith pictures and their hilarious captions!!! :)
Are you supplementing Cordelia's feed with alcohol? Kinda looks like it in the last photo. From one Mother to another - I'm proud of you.
ReplyDeleteyou know... it would be a LOT easier if you did in fact sell Faith to some gypsies. Just don't show them the scowling face photos.
ReplyDeleteHow is that icing covered cookie dairy free?? Is your MIL a wizard? The first picture of Cordelia is so cute I scrolled back to look at it like three times. Only fools do speedwork or hill repeats without a training plan.
ReplyDeleteSO nice to have help! I need to write it down if I plan speedwork or hills . Otherwise there's no way it's happening:) I love that your MIL made you special cookies. So sweet:)
ReplyDeleteAdmit it, you sold her to the gypsies.
ReplyDeleteWhat exactly is in a dairy free cookie? They look good, but sound terrible.
HAHA that last picture of Cordelia is too good. She's a little drunky, woman after my own heart.
ReplyDeleteYour girls are going to be the next Jillian Michals the way they make you run!
ReplyDeleteOh man, those cookies look fabulous! I wouldn't be able to stay away, either.
ReplyDeleteThe blissed-out baby in arms pic is the. Best. If only we could all be so content.
I saw the cookies and forgot to comment. I've reached the OMFG I want sugar phase of weight loss. Anyways, my baby makes me get up at o'dark thirty because it's too icy to use my BOB. Damn kids and their need to always be supervised.
ReplyDeleteCordelia is adorable!
ReplyDeleteThose cookies look awesome.
ReplyDeleteI'm planning to attempt both speed and hill work this training session. I guess I can always ask Avery to yell at me if I fail to follow through.
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