It's been a busy week, and a good illustration of how best intentions for blogging and running go out the window when real life intervenes. It's also been a good reminder to me that I'm going to need to prioritise certain things once training gets a bit more serious. This means that other things can't or won't get done - some hard choices to be made.
I think the first thing that'll have to go is brain-dead late night TV. The number of times I've plonked out on the sofa thinking "Oh, I really, really should go to bed," but gone past the point of being able to shift my sorry carcass. And in the morning regretting it all over again. OK it's hardly the same as a half-remembered night on the tiles but in my quiet world, it's the pretty much the height of badness.
That comes down to self discipline, like trying to eat half-decently and, yes, even committing to speedwork and the sort of tempo runs that come into the RTYP (run 'till you puke) category for a plodder like me.
The more difficult things are in the realm of not volunteering so much, as in my experience agreeing to do anything more than a very few things on top of family, work and running leads to doing none of them as well as I'd like. This is tough when I have to decide not to do things I really want to, in order to make time for the aforementioned RTYPs.
Is a long day running around a big hill worth it? I've been at the Kepler finish line three times, welcoming my partner home and while it's not a rational decision I have decided I want to be part of that. What drivers make certain sacrifices worthwhile?
This year will tell!
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