Jack is the light of my life. Becoming a mum is the most amazing thing I’ve ever done. I still find it surreal being called a mum. A title I wasn’t sure I’d ever wear.
Family and friends always told me having a child would change my life. It did. For the better. I want to be a better person thanks to Jack.
They also told me that my priorities would shift when he came along. That I would no longer have the same goals and ambitions. That I might even want to become a stay at home mum.
Partly that’s true. My priorities have shifted. My day revolves around Jack. But I still have my own dreams and aspirations that refuse to go away. I just have to work them around his needs and I’m happy with that.
I’m looking forward to getting back to training. After several months of not doing anything but walking my fitness and muscle mass have deteriorated. That’s ok. It means I get a fresh start of sorts.
In my head I was going to run the Gold Coast Half Marathon in July. But the emergency c-section has meant that my recover would be a little bit longer. At first that was frustrating but after some thought and deliberation I realised it’s for the best.
Do I really want to run a half marathon without adequate training? No, I don’t.
I now have the opportunity to start a basic training plan, from the 5km to the marathon. Getting back my fitness is going to take a few weeks, maybe even months. At first I’ll probably combine walking with running. It’ll take a month or so to comfortably run 5km, it might take 6 months to run a marathon. I don’t know. All I do know is that it’s time to listen to my body to get stronger and faster, and remain injury free.
In a few months, Jack will be able to join me on my runs as we purchased a pram that is ideal for running, the Mountain Buggy Terrain. I will post a review of it later on.
Now it’s time to wake, change, feed and cuddle Jack.
