Hi ladies, this is an awkward question that I can't seem to get around to asking any of my friends or triathlon club teammates.
I'm 31, fiance is 36...when discussing children, we both agreed that it was '1 or none'. However, none of my hard-core running buddies have kids, my few good friends in the triathlon community also are childless, and in my club, members I've casually asked either don't have kids or have kids that are grown. In a year, I've seen two dads on the track workout with a jogging stroller...that's it. My fiance and I are both getting more and more involved with the sport but this distresses me a bit. Can you be a mommy and a triathlete, too? Here's another, can you be a mommy that holds her full-time job that trains and races, and at what age (the child) could you do that? Preschool aged? Do any of you "do it all", so to speak? Do you rely on daycare/nanny/husband???
I'm 31, fiance is 36...when discussing children, we both agreed that it was '1 or none'. However, none of my hard-core running buddies have kids, my few good friends in the triathlon community also are childless, and in my club, members I've casually asked either don't have kids or have kids that are grown. In a year, I've seen two dads on the track workout with a jogging stroller...that's it. My fiance and I are both getting more and more involved with the sport but this distresses me a bit. Can you be a mommy and a triathlete, too? Here's another, can you be a mommy that holds her full-time job that trains and races, and at what age (the child) could you do that? Preschool aged? Do any of you "do it all", so to speak? Do you rely on daycare/nanny/husband???