Since Lyra was born last January it has been a struggle to find time to do anything outside the house. I have attended mom groups and taken Lyra to the zoo, but nothing on my own, until now. Through meetup.com I found a mama running group that meets about three miles from our home three times a week. So, three times a week at 5:30 AM I drag myself out of bed and head off to a 3-4 mile run. This may sound brutal, but this has been a life saver for me. These runs have help my energy level increase, and a short baby break to remind myself my body needs some attention too. This also gives Cody some daddy-daughter time before he goes to work as well. Each run ends at a coffee shop which is a nice reward for getting up and running on a cold dark morning. I always get a coffee big enough to hand off to Cody when I get home. Cody has grown to enjoy this routine and will pout if I get a plain coffee, "What?! No pumpkin spice or chocolate?!" He has become very much a northwest coffee snob as a result.
This coming Sunday I am doing the Holiday 5k, a local road race. I am looking forward to seeing how I do at a relaxed race pace. My goal is to run the Shamrock 15k in March. I will be adding a long run on Saturdays to help me reach this goal. All this aside the best part of running is coming home and seeing how happy Lyra is to see me.
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