My wife is in France meaning that I am left with my 2 lovely
children, a 6 year old girl and a 2 year old boy. My wife, Becky, is a great
supporter of mine. She lets me travel the country, run up and down mountains
and on trails. Aside from these yearly adventures, running is a distant third
to being a present dad and loving husband.
When my wife told me she was going to France for a wedding,
I was happy. She rarely takes time for
herself; I am glad that she gets to take a trip with her friends. But honestly my next thought was, “How the
heck am I going to get my runs in?” I usually run early in the mornings at
Berkeley on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturday, and Sunday mornings. (I run with the Redsock group, it is a really
radical group of runners. Check it out if you can: http://www.berkeleyrunningcompany.com/Community/GroupRuns/tabid/156/Default.aspx
)
My daughter recently learned how to ride her bike and she
loves to ride her bike. So I decided that this week I would run with her while
pushing my son in the jogging stroller. My daughter is fast with her new 20 inch
bike! She can really cruise, I was running sub 8 minute pace and she still was
ahead of me the whole time and actually had to stop and wait for me at several
points. But as much as I love running with them, I also know that they will not
want to hang out with me if I push them too far. So I have been running with
them 5-6 miles; after lunch while my son is napping and she is reading, I will
run the remainder on the treadmill. This week if everything goes as plan, I
will hit 85-90 miles. (My daughter will
hit over 35 miles on her bike!!!!)
Update on the group run! Berkeley East will meet at Olbrich
Garden at 7 AM next Monday 7/6 for a seven mile run. I will have my kids in
tow. We will run on the capital city trail and run towards the Capitol and
back. Please bring your kids! It will be a light and easy run.
Next Wednesday 7/8 I will be there ready to do a tabata
workout after the run to get some strength done! Hope you will join me!
Question of the week?
How do you manage your personal life and your running life?
Family responsibilities with a running life?
Email me with any questions!
Jasonpenticoff@gmail.com
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