Running is such sweet sorrow

Mar 22, 2010 by cafebebemama

Confession time: I have fallen off the wagon. Well, I wasn’t on the wagon entirely in the first place but I’ve had a bit of a bad exercise week this week. I have also discovered that running can truly be sweet sorrow! So far I’ve only done my run/walk programme 1 night yet have had 2 walks with Little Miss + pushchair and best mates. I HAVE been doing my Mummy Tummy visualisation and zzziiippp exercises thanks to Wendy Powell which is difficult but I feel better for it. I’ve been eating ALRIGHT but I’ve had distractions.

It was hubby’s birthday on Monday so I had the inlaws over to eat Dot au Vin which left me with a kitchen full of dishes and a child to put to bed at 9pm. No running that night! Tuesday night was my one night of success. Well, sort of! I pulled on the new trainers and charged out the door…at 9:00pm! My run was painful and, for lack of a better word, OUCHIE. I don’t mean, “get me to a doctor” pain but that pain where you think “why AM I doing this?” I managed to run a bit farther and actually did feel good about it…afterwards. On Wednesday we were at the inlaws for dinner, as is our usual routine. Again, I ate dinner and ended up a bit too full (is my stomach getting smaller??) and home after 9:00pm. What is it with me and 9:00pm this week? I chose to spend time with hubby and the computer vs pulling on the trainers. Thursday was COMPLETE RUBBISH (as some of you know) and was my 4th Wedding Anniversary. Hubby came home late, the inlaws had been here for 2 hours before he got home and again we were putting Little Miss to bed at 9pm. Considering that it was my anniversary, I chose not to go for a run.

However, I shall now share with you how running and my commitment to the Mummy Tummy Begone challenge is changing my life. We are going to London today (Friday) for a bit of a mini-break. We’re staying overnight at the City Inn Westminster (a review will follow) and will attend a special Reebok event on Saturday at the Reebok Sports Club where I will be getting the low-down on Reebok’s Easy Tone shoes and outreach campaign. This will complete the CROSS TRAINING aspect of my Mummy Tummy Begone challenge…using my Reebok Easy Tone trainers to do my daily walks with Little Miss in the pushchair! Rock on Reebok! But here’s where I show you how committed I am: the City Inn Westminster has a FITNESS SUITE! That’s right…I’m packing my running trainers, sports bra and rubbish gear (until I get some blingy new stuff from Reebok) and will have a run and workout on the treadmill tonight while Hubby amuses Little Miss. Wee! I’m workin’ out! Plus we’ll be getting loads of walking in while in London on Friday and Saturday (including a fitness walk along the Thames as part of the Reebok event) so I believe I will have redeemed myself with the close of the week.

Have you been more successful with your own personal Mummy Tummy Begone challenge? I think it’s important that we own up when we falter, don’t you? I promise to do better by you all as the week comes to an end. I’m trying to be a good example after all! I will be practising my “visualisation and zzziiippp” exercises on the trip down to London and will report back to you on the success (or failure) of my fitness attempts this weekend. If you haven’t had a chance yet, do see the first installment of Wendy Powell’s Diagnosis Mummy Tummy post where we learn how much of a disaster our abdominals might be in! Good luck everyone…mummy tummy begone!