OK, so I've been struggling to find a new plan that is going to work for me. I told myself that when the kids were back in school and we were back in a routine that it would be easy to get up and go jogging in the morning. But guess what? It's dark at 6:30am. I know that I could get up and ride my bike down stairs, or do a work out DVD, but I am not a morning person, and I just can't get myself out of bed. So while I was sewing the other night I came up with a new plan that I'm pretty sure is easy to follow and is something that I can totally do. I have to get up at 7am to get kids fed and out the door for school. So instead of just staying in my pajamas, on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday I'll get up and put my jogging clothes on and my jogging shoes. Once the kids are off to school I will head out with just the two youngest in the chariot and go for a run/walk. This will work out perfect for a few reasons. 1) it is always light out by the time the kids go to school. 2) I haven't yet started on any projects so I don't have to stop what I am doing to go for a jog. 3) the weather is cooling off so it isn't too hot and hopefully fall will last a really long time and I can keep this up well into November. On Monday and Wednesday when Kymberly is off at pre-K and James is napping I'll do some strength training. I'll just have to commit myself to that time...for ME and use it for strength training. This might be a little trickier. I know that there will always be a thousand other things that I'll want to use with that time, but I'm going to have to put up a fight with myself.
Today was my first day on my new plan. I got up and got dressed in my jogging stuff, and followed through as planned. WOW, it is a lot harder to jog pushing a chariot. And I had to change my route. The old route wasn't safe for pushing a chariot with kids, the road is too narrow. The new route includes a long slow incline of a hill. It's a nice new challenge. I actually did a lot better than I thought I would(especially considering that I haven't jogged in nearly a month). And hopefully soon, I will have my new rhythm pushing the chariot and that will become less awkward. All in all it was a good run and I truly look forward to Thursday's run.
