WOW, how time flies when youâre not having fun!
Maybe that headline is a little dramatic... but Iâve never claimed to be anything less than that, of course.
Life has been very full and busy since the last entry where I could barely walk. Bless my heart. NYC Marathon was definitely an undertaking, and Iâm glad I can say I did it, but boy was that hard.
As of right now, this yearâs BST (Big Scary Thing) is probably going to be health related, at least for the first half of the year. Iâve had a few issues come up over the past 10 or so months that have really impacted my ability to swim/bike/run. Hopefully the end is in sight, and the Return to Tri can begin. From what we can tell, MaQuidney is doing fine, so thatâs always a good thing!
Iâve spent a lot of time on tables like this over the past year.
We are 48 days into 2020 and I havenât yet figured out what this yearâs Life List item is going to be. It was going to be going to the Olympics in Tokyo, but the coronavirus has me shook and Iâm not really sure thatâs the best decision I can make, for a number of reasons. Iâm not sure if itâs going to be something tri related, or if itâs just going to be something off of my Life List! I want to get my AFF sky diving license, I want to go to the Olympics. I want to get Little Orphan Annie in driving condition, but I also want to eventually do a full IRONMAN. Itâs amazing how far away a 70.3 seems right now, in terms of physical conditioning. Iâve been riding, and Iâve taken up yoga (which I absolutely LOVE, by the way), and I get the occasional swim in, but running has been basically non-existent.
Not my bike or picture, but if they werenât kept inside they sure as heck would look like that due to lack of proper use!
I miss it. I miss riding for a long time. I miss feeling like I actually did something (athletically) that day, and I just need to do it, but I havenât. Something always comes up, or I donât listen to my alarm and I sleep. That will change, but when? Am I the type of person who needs to be registered for something in order to be disciplined enough to get myself out of bed in the wee hours of the morning? I guess Iâll find out once Iâm fully recovered! Itâs just so hard to âdo what I can with what I have, when I can,â even though itâs so easy for me to preach that little saying to others. Do as I say, right?!
I couldnât describe that any better than this. Yes, I once swam 1.2 miles in an hour. No, I canât do that right now, but I know I have it in me somewhere. Just Start.
Until then, I will just keep on keeping on. It could be a lot worse, thatâs for sure. And Iâm absolutely going to continue to live up to my blood type and B+.
Todayâs Doughnut Count: 0
Days Until the next BST: Not sure, that thing hasnât quite been identified yet.