Sacrifices.

This is an email I sent to my non-triathlete friends. In my attempt to let them peek at what my days are like right now. Hopefully they'll understand that I'm not intentionally neglecting them. It's lonely training all the time! I miss my friends a lot. The bad thing is that once the training is over, I feel that I've missed out on so much. Even when I do see them now, I usually can't stay out late, due to a workout the next morning. Or I get somewhere late because of a workout I had to do before I was meeting them. Sacrifice is the name of the game, right?

A day in the life. Or a few days..


Monday
7:30 a.m. - “SHIT”, I overslept! I can’t believe Will woke up so many times last night… get out of bed … legs are so tired from the 80 mile bike ride on Saturday and the 11 mile run on Sunday. Damn, I’m tired. Shower, head to work, late again.

11:45 a.m. - head to the pool for a lunch swim workout, get in about 2500 meters, hurry up and shower, get ready for work (again), call in my lunch order to Two Sisters, pick it up and back at my desk at 1:35 eating.

5:45 p.m. - leave work, pick up Will, get home around 6:15. Change clothes, go for an easy bike ride with Brian and Will (in the trailer). Get home around 7:30, put all the gear away, feed Will and get him in the tub. Brian heads out for pizza (chicken pizza at least). It’s getting near 9:00 p.m., try to shovel some food in so I can start getting LG ready for bed.

9:30 p.m. - William and I fall asleep in the chair, Brian picks him up and puts him in bed, I continue to sleep. Finally, I wake up and decide to jump into bed – so tired that I don’t wash my face, brush my teeth or even change out of my sweatshirt and pants!

Tuesday
5:30 a.m. Alarm goes off, get ready for track, grab all my work clothes so I can get ready at Baylor after the workout. Legs are really heavy today, not a good workout at all.

12:30 p.m. – run all my personal errands (weekly Target trip) – get all the Easter stuff for William’s daycare party, grab lunch on the way back to work and eat at my desk.

5:30 p.m. – leave work, pick up William from day care, get home around 6:30. Load William in his wagon for a walk in the neighborhood and some quality time together. Get home, grab some dinner and start getting him ready for bed. I fall asleep in the chair AGAIN. At least this time I got up and changed and got cleaned up before I jumped into the real bed!!

Wednesday
6:30 a.m. – alarm goes off, get up and get ready for work, grab all my workout gear for the day, get the car loaded. Wake Will up at about 7:45, get him ready for day care and we’re out the door. I actually might make it to work on time! Yay.

12:00 – head to the pool for my swim workout, swim – get ready, grab lunch at Two Sisters and eat at my desk.

5:45 – leave work, head to the lake to get a 2 hour bike ride in, get some food on the way home, feed Will and start the bedtime ritual….

Thursday
5:30 a.m. – alarm goes off, gotta get up and head out for my Thursday morning run – we’re running hills today, I’m going to hate walking up and down those damn stairs at work….