http://www.muddymommy.com Having made a major life change two years ago, I’m now at a place where my pursuit of fitness is
resolve to continue in my healthy pursuit. I am a Mom. I am a wife. I also have a career that
not just a hobby, but instead it has become a part of
I love, but that can also be demanding, stressful, and
me, it is a lifestyle. It is not something that I would
emotionally taxing (this description can actually
randomly wake up one morning and decide that
apply to motherhood and being a spouse at times as
it was no longer for me. I love to run. I love how
well! Love them, but it’s true!). These things alone fill
strong it makes me feel, I love the burning in my
each day to the brim with responsibilities.
lungs, and I love how it makes me feel like I can
So how does one find time when there is the
conquer the world. Running is a great time to reflect
demand of motherhood, the struggle to maintain a
on life, to work through life’s riddles, and to come to
healthy marriage, and the expectation to perform
peace with oneself while taking in the fresh breath
flawlessly at work? Well, it’s not easy, and I’m
of nature. Actually, talking about running right now
definitely not perfect. I believe that the key to
makes me wish I could go running right now!
successfully balancing all of these things is to
It definitely helps to have a love of running, and in
do your best to remember not to be too hard on
some cases it does take time to cultivate that love (or
yourself when you don’t meet your own expectations
in some people’s cases, it may not be a love so much
(easier said than done right?).
as a respect for the run), but just because I love it does not mean that I don’t go through a roller
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Some mornings I’m exhausted. The thought of getting out of bed to go run, a thought that generally gives me plenty of momentum to pull my tired
coaster of motivation that at
self out of bed, does nothing for me. I want sleep,
times attempts to sabotage my
I crave sleep. My body is fatigued and my mind