I commiserate. My kids are bigger now (teens) so when I go running they're still in bed (and sometimes still are when I get back). I'm guessing yours are too small to be left unattended. Here's an idea for you: Could you do a babysitting swap with another mum, whereby you look after each other's kids in turn so you can both get "me time"? I used to do that over the school holidays with friends when our kids were small - we took it in turns to have our own mini 'playgroup', and it worked out well as the kids knew each other and saw it as "playtime" rather than feeling they'd been fobbed off so that mummy could get out for a well-earned breather
Sounds like you have your hands full there... Looks like you'll have to sort out a plan with hubby and stick it on the wall. Eleven hour shifts are long though
For me it's the opposite - I have a lot more time during the hols as my 2 are older and have been/are away a lot. The main benefit of the holidays is that there are no regular activities during the week/no home work and as school governor no meetings!
I sympathise with you though and wish you all the best!
My boy has a week with his dad then a week with me. He's with me this week and I'll either plead with him to come out with me or leave him at home for 30 mins On his iPod touch. He's 10 but I wouldn't have done so last year so found the same prob as you. Would they be old enough to play in the playground at a park while you run around the edge?
When I read your headline I thought at first "Yes, me!", because I've been rapidly sliding into holiday habits with them: sleeping in, then finding it too hot to run and generally not wanting to be bothered. But when I read on and realized how lazy I had become, I just put on my gear and went out. So, thanks for the unintended kick in the proverbial, even if that doesn't help you right now.
In your case I think I would invest into training a babysitter so that you have the possibility to get out, be it for running or whatever. I honestly believe every person looking after three little ones deserves a little breather once in a while.
If you "half-trained" a babysitter just enough to deal with anything that can't wait say 5 minutes, then maybe just for now you could go with babysitter and kids to the nearest local park with play facilities (that might even be your warm up walk), and then do small circuits? It's not quite the same as heading out on a run, but you can cover the same distance in small circles (or, better, a figure of 8, so you don't get dizzy). Not ideal, but not too terrible, either.
You needn't even stick to the program. Maybe try fartleks (it's a real Swedish word, apparently). Sprint away from the kids for say 30 seconds (ow!), and then get your breath back by circling in on them. You could make a game of it?
At worst, you could run up and down the stairs, and drive yourself and the neighbours mad.
I'm in a similar position so I got on gumtree and bought a 2nd hand treadmill. You can pick them up quite cheap. It is a monstrosity in the corner of the room but it means I can train and keep an eye on them. It will be going in the shed after the hols but is great as I also don't have to make a complete prat of myself in my own locality.
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