I would love for every single person I know to come to the Cougar Trail Trot at Springbrook Prairie Sunday April 9th! It will be a 5k run and 1 mile fun run to help raise funds for Clow Elementary school PTA! It will be my first time being a race director and I am super excited to help support Noah's school. Please shoot me an email with any questions or if you would help with sponsorship of this event!
http://clow.ipsd.org/pta_cougar_trail_trot.html
Contact me...
jengarri@gmail.com
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Realizing new dreams
I finished my season the end of August with Chicago triathlon. After that I sort of hit the bottom. As a triathlete I thought I needed to constantly have something on my plate to conquer. Next up for me was to get pregnant again. Well, turns out that isn't really what I wanted. After a month or two I realized I needed to figure out how to live life without training and not pregnant. How do people not train and stay sane everyday? That was what I wanted to figure out. So that is what I have been doing. I want to be able to live my life where triathlon is NOT on my priority list. It always has been important to me to live my life as if I could break my leg tomorrow I would still have a purpose. Too many triathletes, amateur and professional use triathlon as their source of happiness and balance. It should just be a part of a bigger picture. I am finally learning how to live my life without triathlon as my identity. Imagine taking a huge part of who you are then still smiling everyday. It was a challenge. But one that I wanted and needed to overcome. I don't want to be...This is Jenny my wife, my mom, my daughter, the triathlete. I just wanted to be Jenny, my wife, my mom, my daughter or my friend. My husband, kids, and family are the most important thing in my life. But without a sane spouse and mom none of it works!
So for now I have been sleeping in everyday!!! After all these years of setting an alarm for 4:30am it is SO nice to just wake up when you wake up. I am still not used to it. I am committing myself to blogging more to keep my family in the loop and friends! Here are some recent pics of the family:
So for now I have been sleeping in everyday!!! After all these years of setting an alarm for 4:30am it is SO nice to just wake up when you wake up. I am still not used to it. I am committing myself to blogging more to keep my family in the loop and friends! Here are some recent pics of the family:
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