The New Year Wasn’t Supposed to Start Like This
As the mugs, tea bags and lozenge wrappers piled up on my bedside table, I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep again. The morning was supposed to have started with an energizing workout like every New Year’s Day. Instead, it was 3 p.m., and I hadn’t even crawled out from beneath my comforter. Thank goodness Baby rUnladylike was spending the morning and afternoon with her grandparents, because I was officially sick. When you’re sick on the first day of the year, you can only hope it isn’t a bad omen for what’s to come the next 364 days.
My first “workout” of the new year was nothing like what I expected: a leisurely 10-mile family bike ride to watch the sunset on Thursday evening. Three days into the New Year, and it was practically the first time I’d stepped outside.
I decided I had enough energy to attend a spin class the next morning (New Year day four) and my normal Saturday morning run (New Year day five). The spin class felt like a slog, and I left my running partners three miles into our run because I just didn’t have the energy to run four more.
No, this is NOT how I thought the first week of the year would go. I’m still under the weather, but hoping I’ll take a turn for clear sinuses and painless swallows any moment now. Not just because I want to get back to my normal routine, but Baby rUnladylike turns two this week, and we have a Frozen party to plan and Elsa and Anna to get ready to welcome to our house. Hey sickness, it’s time to LET IT GO already.
In addition to making Elsa-colored cupcake frosting and covering my house in silver snowflakes, I’m also contemplating what I want this year to mean for my running. I’m considering a first quarter 5K and want to see if I can rediscover my running mojo while the sweltering Florida heat calms down a bit for the next two months. This time last year, I was doing some of my best running since before I was pregnant. I’m looking forward to finding out where that runner went and bringing her back from the dead.
Actually, this is the girl I’m looking for. Anyone remember her or seen her since 2014???
If I can’t resuscitate her or clone her or even find proof she ever existed, then I’ll just keep enjoying the miles I’m in on the road and in life. Stay tuned for more to come on my running and goals soon.
Welcome to 2019 everyone!
Happy New Year! Tell me what big goals and exciting plans you have for 2019. What events are on your race calendar?
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Get feeling better and I hope you can find that runladylike again. 👍 At any rate, just enjoy the miles, they truly are the best
Sorry to hear you haven’t been feeling good and hopefully you feel back to normal soon. I’m also excited to see if 2014 runladylike returns. If not, no big deal, just enjoy your running adventures.
Ugh. I feel you. I was fighting a cold for the past several days but luckily it didn’t keep me in bed. It was annoying enough (and painful swallows, yes!) but I managed to get in two days of snowboarding so…
The rest of the year is going to be amazing for you, I can feel it! It doesn’t matter if the runner from years past surfaces or not, you have so much else going on and so many amazing things in your life that I would let it come to you in 2019. Happy birthday to Bella!!!! Omg 2? How did that happen?
After read your post, we plan a family bike ride this weekend to watch the lanscape and the sunset too . Kids are so excited to wait for the trip. Thanks for great idea Jesica.