Joy and Nomi took the plunge and signed up for their first 10km running race ever in May 2010 in Singapore at the Sundown Race event...Then they trained for a half marathon in the fall of 2010, Joy's in Canada and Nomi's in Malaysia...Then, they finished their second-ever half marathon in Singapore May 2011 at the Sundown Race event, but this time they ran together!

Then their sporting paths diverged: Nomi went on to run marathons while Joy learned how to ride a bike. This blog charts their progress from 2010 to 2012.

Read their blog to see what their sporting adventures look like or just look at the pictures of Canada's capital city and Malaysia's capital city. You can choose the "follow" option or subscribe via email to be notified of updates. (You can start reading/skimming their first entries from the summer of 2010 or just jump right in, reading from any point you like. The "Archives" will be your guide.)

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Running...after a KID!

Joy here...Well, with the change of seasons and the turning of the weather, it seems like both my running and my cycling are suffering.  I'm no longer offering regular updates on the cycling "sisterhood," and I can't even remember the last time I went for a run...it must have been months ago.

And on top of the changing seasons, life has gotten rather hectic.  I had two out of town trips in September; three out of town trips in October; and three out of town trips in November.  Between these trips, I feel like a crazy person just trying to catch up on everything that didn't get done while I was out of town.  And, of course, if I don't even have time to get all my work done, you can just imagine what this travel has done to my workouts.

But one of these trips wasn't for work; it wasn't full of meetings and schedules; it wasn't complicated by crummy board meeting sandwiches and cookies; rather, one of these trips was a trip I just returned from where I babysat my little nephew for four days while his mom and dad went to the US for a trip, just the two of them.

Me and the nephew chasing waves...
Nomi has written before about the tough jobs that moms out there have.  And, believe me, she's one of the toughest moms out there!  So while I merely donned a "mommy hat" for a weekend, I sure did get a workout!

I didn't ride my bike.

I didn't run on a treadmill.

I didn't go for a run.

I didn't even bring my running shoes.

But I spent four days chasing after and entertaining a 17 month old boy.  And anyone out there who thinks that's not a workout, I say to you:  TRY IT.

Phewf.  Now I'm going to take a nap and recover.

Over and out,
Joy
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