Enough with the down time – Ironman training starts today!
I have a long 9 months ahead of me, and was smart enough to fully celebrate my last weekend off. It seemed ceremonial even, eating lazily, staying up late, doing spontaneous things to mark the occasion just because I could.
Yesterday for example, my husband said he'd "always wanted to make a whole smorgasbord of cookies to give away" and I was ON IT. We dropped everything for immediate internet recipe curating, list making, grocery shopping, then six straight hours of measuring, mixing, rolling, cutting, baking, frosting, chocolate-dipping, and sprinkling cookies. I'm caught up on sugar-consumption like a bear heading for hibernation.
I haven't been all reckless though. To start, I've been seeing a chiropractor to proactively work on my (currently very minor) back and hip
issues. I felt silly going in when my symptoms were the least bothersome they've been in a long time, but x-rays and posture analysis say I'm a total freaking wreck. Fortunately, training and treatment will work well together.
Over the past few weeks, I've also worked hard on my house-maintaining routine, practicing what I think is a reasonable daily list to keep things from getting too unmanageable. This sounds silly, but I get so easily overwhelmed and derailed by messiness. Staying on top of the house stuff is crucial to my training success.
Our family schedule takes some forethought too. Lola showed a sudden interest in learning a musical instrument, but I had to veto the more common starter choices (violin and piano) since they would add a weekly lesson commitment (and instrument rental fees to boot). Never fear, we found a solution: the ukulele! She was so excited to pick her favorite one (paisley?) from the guitar store and the lessons available online are free and flexible. Oh, and beginner ukulele sounds infinitely better than beginner violin.
Today I'm back to structure with an easy swim and a quick plunge back into time management. Here goes!
2 comments:
I used to be a bit of a clean freak. I don't know what happened. The internet?? I am horrible.
Good luck on your training, and hope you and your family have a great Holiday season. :)
Yea for a last lazy weekend! And you're off to a good start training: chiropractice in place, sorting what the house will need, going with the easy intro instrument. Smart ideas, all. Very excited to follow your training - hoping all goes smoothly! Also (can't remember if I commented before): congratulations on the marathon. Between the illness and the weather, I'm impressed you got out and did it! And did it well. Looks like you've got a good year ahead!
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