Finally a calm and routine is returning to the household. After a busy Holiday with family visiting it took me a little while to regroup. The houses is always a mess after visitors and add Christmas food and gifts makes for an even bigger mess. What I found out about 1 week and 1 day of stay at home life is that there is such a thing as to much of a good thing…. I relished the alone time at first just because having sensory overload from a full household for 5 days requires that. Workouts doubled in time which was nice I got to try some new classes I don’t normally get to try: salsa aerobics, muscle hour, abs plus, spin classes etc. But along with extra time to do that there is also extra time to watch TV and eat out of boredom so I had to make sure I kept myself busy so not to overindulge. That led to more shopping though so I had to stop that and find something else, which meant cleaning the entire house. I have come to the conclusion that I will always have a structured job and I am ok with that.
For my new goals I have gotten as far as a name and business card design (I always tackle the fun stuff first) and just received my NASM recertification in the mail which is always exciting to get that little piece of paper after the time and money spent into getting it ;-) (no sarcasm here at all). Now I need to register the business, liability insurance, etc…. I have had several requests for my hummus recipe after the holiday people wanting something healthy to start their resolutions with.
Now the bad news, the bf and I did not get our 18 mile run in this weekend!!! I know, I know, really I KNOW!! I am ridden with guilt and anxiety. The big race isn’t that far away. I could give you tons of excuses but the truth comes down to us being WEENIES! We didn’t want to run in weather we thought was too cold so instead we went to the gym and did a mini triathlon indoors. I know cross training can’t substitute long runs. Isn’t it funny how we don’t follow our own advice? I had put in so much hard work that week leading up to it with double workouts just to flail. We are going to stick to our program of course to finish out the training (it doesn’t necessarily help to double the mileage on another week you have to be very careful with that) but I can just see the minutes being added to my time. I’m already slow enough as it is but we will proceed and will finish just probably no PRs. That is what happens though when I let myself be convinced to enter a race my heart wasn’t fully in to begin with. I wanted to do the half from the beginning but I will make the best of this and learn from it what I can so that I can be prepared for the new Triathlon season to come… Speaking of which I wish they would put up next season’s race schedule so I could map out my course.
Keep on Keeping on...
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