What distance are you training for? It makes a big difference.
If you figure it all out, let me know please.
When my wife got pregnant, I was already signed up for 2013 IMFL . . . we wouldn't bail in the middle of something, so I trained normally (no training while she was in hospital though) and I raced it really hard when the baby was 6 weeks old. It really wasn't too bad . . . in fact it was good enough to Kona Qualify. I talked it over with her and we mutually decided that it was once in a life time so we had to go for it and go all out for it. I am less than 6 weeks from Kona now with an 11 month old at home. It has been really hard.
Much more caffeine, much less recovery/sleep, so much less motivated (because you damn well know you shouldn't be out on a bike for 4 hours when your baby is at the house), so much harder on my wife. I train tons in the early AM (pre dawn), but even that robs the baby because when you should be rolling around on the floor and playing at 7:30 pm, you are freaking exhausted and sleeping on the sofa.
We are definitely changing things post 10/11/14. At very least, a big reduction in training volume (and whatever performance reduction occurs who gives a damn); potentially bailing on the 140.6 distance all together, definitely focusing on BQ for at least a new months and then thinking about TRI from there probably local 70.3s and shorter, but I can't say just yet.
It is a sad state of affairs when you can say: "Marathon training would be an awesome reduction in total training volume and really give me much more time with my family."
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If you figure it all out, let me know please.
When my wife got pregnant, I was already signed up for 2013 IMFL . . . we wouldn't bail in the middle of something, so I trained normally (no training while she was in hospital though) and I raced it really hard when the baby was 6 weeks old. It really wasn't too bad . . . in fact it was good enough to Kona Qualify. I talked it over with her and we mutually decided that it was once in a life time so we had to go for it and go all out for it. I am less than 6 weeks from Kona now with an 11 month old at home. It has been really hard.
Much more caffeine, much less recovery/sleep, so much less motivated (because you damn well know you shouldn't be out on a bike for 4 hours when your baby is at the house), so much harder on my wife. I train tons in the early AM (pre dawn), but even that robs the baby because when you should be rolling around on the floor and playing at 7:30 pm, you are freaking exhausted and sleeping on the sofa.
We are definitely changing things post 10/11/14. At very least, a big reduction in training volume (and whatever performance reduction occurs who gives a damn); potentially bailing on the 140.6 distance all together, definitely focusing on BQ for at least a new months and then thinking about TRI from there probably local 70.3s and shorter, but I can't say just yet.
It is a sad state of affairs when you can say: "Marathon training would be an awesome reduction in total training volume and really give me much more time with my family."
Ironman Certified Coach
Currently accepting limited number of new athletes