Rest

Rest is something I definitely feel like I have been lacking lately. Between waking up anywhere from 4:15 am to 5:15 am daily, working, having a long commute, running, biking and swimming, being a wife and most importantly being a mom there is little time for rest. The past two weeks I have felt tired. While my workouts have gone well, actually this past week everything was right on target, both my body and mind have felt tired.

Saturday morning it was a struggle to get out of bed when the alarm went off at 5:15. It was one of those mornings when I just wanted to keep sleeping. But, if I did 1) I wouldn't beat the heat and 2) I would feel guilty taking more time away from Morgan (currently, if I can make it out the door by 6 I can be back home by 8, just as Morgan is eating breakfast). Anyway, I got up, got ready and hit the streets. It was a nice morning and the second half of the run felt much better, faster and stronger than the first. I was very pleased with how things went 13 down and good.

Sunday, my alarm was once again set in hopes of getting a nice ride in. However, when the alarm went off, I got up shut it off and went back to sleep. My body wasn't feeling like waking up and since Morgan was at my parents house it was a perfect opportunity to lay in bed as long as I wanted. When I finally got out of bed at 8:45, I did think about heading out for a short ride, but decided to just enjoy a full day of rest. I got in some stretching. My body could use one nice big stretch!

Last night, I had hoped for a great sleep to start the week off on a nice well rested note, but Morgan uncharacteristically got up, came in to our bedroom looking for me. Luckily, as soon as she got back to her bed she fell asleep, unlucky for me that I was up for the rest of the morning!