“It’s not fair! I never get to….” This is something that my husband has heard me say a lot over the past few weeks, as I lamented the loss of a night on the town, a sleep in, a day on the couch, a ski day, or brunch/shopping trip, even staying up past 10:30 p.m. on a Saturday night. And through it all he reminds me that my free time has been spoken for – by choice - and will be until July 24, when I lay all the work on the line.
Not an easy thing to hear when you’re someone who sometimes experiences a high degree of FOMO. Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) is something that I’ve had to deal with over the past few weeks, and it’s made me pretty cranky – so I apologize to those closest to me, who have steadfastly stood by as I ran around spouting bile with a black cloud over my head. Let’s just say, it wasn’t pretty. It probably has a lot to do with the blog going silent for a few weeks too, you know the old adage – Nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all. Another contributing factor has also been the recent return to winter here in town after a hint of spring, we’re all itching to get out on the bikes, and run without tights!
I’m starting to come to the other side of it and have had to realize – again – that I’m not actually missing out; I’ve just made a conscious decision to spend my free time doing something else in order to achieve a goal. By the end of last week, I’d finally made peace with that, and my mood has been markedly improved since. Rather than bitching about what I’m not able to do, it was time to look at what I can do, look forward to what’s to come, and really get excited about it. But, not in an annoying way, of course.
In other news, I’m happy to report that the run is really coming along – many of you know that this is not my favourite discipline. I had a great interval run Tuesday, and a great moderately paced run Saturday morning– I actually finished with a smile on my face. This euphoria didn’t last long though, as we were immediately put through the paces on the bike with a two hour ride including a full hour of standing climb to complete the brick. Fun times. Ok, not exactly fun, but definitely worthwhile.
With all this talk of looking to the future, here is a look at the minimum of what’s on tap this week:
Today – Swim – In terms of effort, I view this as recovery from a weekend on my feet.
Tuesday – Run and Swim – Toughest/sweatiest run of the week in terms of effort
Wednesday – Bike and T-run – Tough bike intervals, run is short/light-moderate effort
Thursday – Weights and Swim – Hardest swim of the week
Friday - Bike – Low intensity – active recovery
Saturday – Long Bike/Run Brick – group session – let’s me know I’m not in it alone.
Sunday – Long Slow Run and Weights – weights post-run - focus on form when I’m tired.
The nice thing is, I know that next week is recovery week, which includes a big fat rest day! So, I can push my efforts this week, knowing I have that to look forward to! That and the fact that the pool by our house is finally reopening next week! This will shave at least two hours of travel time off my entire week!
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