A Few New Records

Yesterday I set out to break the funk. Ever since I have been sick with the cold a few weeks back, I just haven't felt myself in the pool. You know how sometimes when you fall out of habit of something, it's hard to get back? Well, this was the case for me. I had fallen out of habit of working hard in the pool, initially because I couldn't and then later because I was afraid to. Well, I was determined to challenge myself and see if I was up to it. I took the new workout from Trish that was a total of 1450 yards, 150 more than my longest workout so far. I completed it, in under an hour! Not only that, it included 2 sprints after the main set. I beat my best of 23 seconds with a 22 seconds and then a 21 seconds. I was rocket propelled through the water. At the end of that workout, I was very proud and happy to sit in the hot tub and warm up, loosen up and relax.

This morning, I got a late start out to the gym and found myself with not enough time for my new workout. I almost gave up because I was being inflexible and feeling like if I didn't do what I planned on, the whole thing would be a failure. But, I flipped the coin and thought, "I wonder if I can run 2 miles in the time I have left, and do the weights after work?" And that's what I did. I'm on my way to the gym now to do weights, and it felt great to run this morning.

So, todays community service is this:
1. Set aside some time and get a serious plan and challenge yourself when you've been down for a bit. Likely you will meet the challenge and end up feeling great about it and get yourself out of the slump you're in.
2. Do what you can do. Don't consider a change in plans or a smaller workout a failure. Something is better than nothing.