Just as Fast as I Can

A song came on with these lyrics.  While I have taken them COMPLETELY out of context, they fit. 

Day 2 of the Comeback:  DONE.

It was a little harder today.  My body reminded me yesterday just how long my sabbatical actually was.  You know those muscles in your core that hold you upright?  (Did you even know that you had muscles in your core to hold you upright?)  Well, not running made those muscles go to sleep.  I woke them back up.  My nemesis, the hamstring, reminded me of its existence as well.

I did NOT pull my hamstring, but this is funny...

But, even with my old (yep....it is happening....I am getting old) body reminding me that it isn't getting any younger, I got up today, laced up my shoes, and headed back out there.  

Some thoughts:

- I am still slow.  It is a fact.  It might just be how it is.  I am way slower than my slowest slow.  I might get faster, but maybe not.  But it is not about speed.  (Hard to wrap my head around that sentence, but it is not.)  

- The dog was bad on the leash today.  He only made it about 10 minutes before he got banished back to his daddy.

- I brought back the music.  I like running with music.

- It felt good.  Even with the tight hamstring and the shoes that might be too small (or my feet are too big).  I have missed running for running's sake.  I am not training.  I have no races.  I just want to love running again.

- Today was a day of thinking and remembering:

              - I remembered how much fun running was when I was a stay at home mom.  When I had time to run.  When I was fast-ish.  When I was skinny-ish.  When going to the gym was the only thing I had to do some days. 

               - I was reminded today of the first time my wonderful coach told me to do a warm up run.  You know, when you run a mile or so before you run 13.1 miles or so.  I thought of this near the end of my time...when it was getting hard.  It made me laugh because I remember looking at him like he had lost his mind when he mentioned this warm up run.  One day we will get back to that

So, now what?

We have been home for a week.  I haven't been to work.  My husband has been home all day.  I can run at 10am or at 2pm.

But tomorrow is back to reality.

I am not a stay at home mom.  I work full time.  As soon as I get home from work, I am running a kid somewhere at least 3 days a week (and this is the off-season).  I have to feed everyone.  I have to do all of the chores.  I am looking at about 6 weeks of tackling all of this alone.  How am I going to fit in a run on top of everything else?  This is going to be the hard part.

Here's my plan:

I am going to run on our lighter days, 3 times a week.  I am going to do it in the evenings.  I am going to do it with my dog....kills 2 birds with one stone.  On the weekends, I am going to get up and get it done before everything else gets started.  On the other days of the week, I am going to get up early and do a Beachbody video.  Mix in some Shaun T ( I LOVE that guy) and some Autumn Calabrese to cross train.  I will rest on Sundays.    

Please help me stay on track.  I can' t meet my running friends.  I can't go to the gym.  All I can do is the best that I can.

Let's see how a run on Friday works into this crazy life!