Update

Last time I wrote, I thought I had about two weeks until I became a father. Well, it turns out I only had a few days, so a lot of the plans I had written about got changed. My Fit Test which was planned for the Saturday after I finished P90X turned out to be the day my wife went into labor. Then the first two weeks at home were spent just trying to survive with our new little roommate, without much thought of working out.

Now that our son – Gavin William – is 8 weeks old, my wife and I have both been able to get some workouts in. We started a couple of weeks ago with some P90X Yoga, which I despised when I went through P90x, but is much more bearable when not doing it alone. We also did Legs and Back, and Shoulders and Arms. I’ve been trying to get a few runs in, and have also gotten in some time on the stationary bike.

I signed up for the Shamrock Shuffle at the end of March, so I’m going to try getting in some quality running workouts over the next few weeks as the daylight lengthens. My PR for the race is 34:08 (8K), so ideally I’d like to beat that, but I’ll have to see how much time I have for training to see if that’s a reasonable goal. I’ve got 8 weeks until race day, and the longest I’ve run so far this year is 10K, so I’ve got some work to do. But I feel like I’ve maintained a decent level of fitness, so hopefully it’ll come back quickly. I’ll try to make some more regular updates as I hopefully run more frequently.