Single Mom Running
Single Mom Running

When you set out to train for a race, it can be a huge time commitment. Depending on your base and your distance goal, a good training plan can potentially be 4-6 months and require running or cross training 3-5 days a week. Some days might also require you to be gone on your run for long hours at a time. It can take you away from your family, and when you do get home, you’re exhausted for the rest of the day. What is the impact this commitment can have on a significant other and your children? What if you are a single parent? How do you do it?

I am that parent. I am a single mom of two kids. I work full time (and then some) and I am currently working on getting my masters degree. Add to that training for long distance races and it’s a miracle I survive each week. It is not easy by any means, but I have the drive it takes to make it work. I carefully plan ahead with my school assignments so I am not scrambling at the last minute. I do get the occasional kid free weekend, but sometimes I am stuck on the treadmill at the gym. Many times I need to find a babysitter in order to get my miles in. I am also very fortunate to have my parents nearby to help me. I know not everyone has that, but I am thankful for it.

I cannot slack at my job or my school, since my livelihood depends on it. Does my sleep suffer? Yes, sometimes. Does my social life suffer? Yes, but most of my friends are runners too, so running together is our fun. Does my ability to have a dating life suffer? Yes, but who cares. Do my children suffer? I hope not, only because I do my best to meet their needs and they are fully aware that mom needs to run. With an insanely full plate in front of me every day, it is not easy. However, this is my life. Even when it is hard, I love it and I hope that my children can see their mom overcoming challenges and sticking to her goals. Perhaps my determination will rub off on them. If I can do it, so can you.

Happy Trails!

 
 
Seen a lot of slim chicks posting their

workouts on here so I thought I'd join 

the fun
Warning : I will bully every one of you

into daily stretches, plyo drills, crazy 

intervals, lifting heavy weights and 

epic long runs
104 °F.....  As my Grandma says, 

"Marathon training ain't for p*ssies."



Crazy old lady is right.

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Seen a lot of slim chicks posting their workouts on here so I thought I'd join  the fun
Warning : I will bully every one of you into daily stretches, plyo drills, crazy  intervals, lifting heavy weights and  epic long runs
104 °F.....  As my Grandma says,  "Marathon training ain't for p*ssies."  Crazy old lady is right.
Learn to push through pain. Cause it  will hurt, and hurt, and hurt, and then one day... BOOM !!! Stress fracture.  Then you rest
5:00AM  The hour when legends are either  waking up or going to sleep
BOSS: "Hey, can you hop on Zoom  real quick?"   ME:
Having a job is cool and all but  every day???? It's really starting to  mess with my training schedule
If you went on vacation and didn't  bring home a medal, did you even go  on vacation?
Yes, I run.  I run a million miles away from my responsibilities
I took the road less traveled… Now I don’t know where in the hell I am
The first 26 miles of the marathon are always the hardest
Two incomes are better than one, make sure your partner has two jobs
Runners after the worst day they have ever experienced
What a fucking privilege to wake up  and be able to choose how many miles  I'm going to run today
Stop trying to be 'runfluencers'. We need ELECTRICIANS.
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