I need to guard against my all-or-nothing personality. The past two weekends we've been too busy, as a family, for me to squeeze in a long run (though I did manage to lengthen my Friday night run to 14km on the first of those weekends). This past weekend, I only could have done a long run if I'd gone after dark on Saturday night. Didn't want to. Didn't choose to.
But it occurred to me just this morning -- hey, even if I don't have time for a long run on the weekend, I could probably manage a short one. And a short run would be better than no run at all.
Sounds obvious. Probably is obvious. Did not occur to me until a few minutes ago. So that will be my goal going forward: don't not do something just because it's smaller/easier/less ambitious than the thing you'd originally planned.
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My schedule has changed due to a class being moved from Thursdays to Mondays. So here is what my week in exercise could look like, now.
Monday: spin & kettlebells (alarm set 5:15)
Tuesday: spin (alarm set 5:15)
Wednesday: 8.5km run with friend (alarm set 5:45)
Thursday: run or yoga (alarm set 5:45) -- leaning toward yoga
Friday: night run at kids' soccer practice (10-12km)
Saturday: run (short, long, doesn't matter!)
Sunday: soccer
That would get me three runs, some spinning, some weights, a yoga class, and a soccer game! If I were really ambitious, I could get up early on Friday too and go swimming -- or swim on Thursday, yoga on Friday. Maybe ambitious is not quite the right word. If I were less tired, I could do those things. I'm usually pretty tired by Friday and excited for that extra hour of sleep. Even four mornings a week is pushing it. Let's see how this week goes.
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My schedule has changed due to a class being moved from Thursdays to Mondays. So here is what my week in exercise could look like, now.
Monday: spin & kettlebells (alarm set 5:15)
Tuesday: spin (alarm set 5:15)
Wednesday: 8.5km run with friend (alarm set 5:45)
Thursday: run or yoga (alarm set 5:45) -- leaning toward yoga
Friday: night run at kids' soccer practice (10-12km)
Saturday: run (short, long, doesn't matter!)
Sunday: soccer
That would get me three runs, some spinning, some weights, a yoga class, and a soccer game! If I were really ambitious, I could get up early on Friday too and go swimming -- or swim on Thursday, yoga on Friday. Maybe ambitious is not quite the right word. If I were less tired, I could do those things. I'm usually pretty tired by Friday and excited for that extra hour of sleep. Even four mornings a week is pushing it. Let's see how this week goes.
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