It's been a day of rethinking. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak! Or maybe rather the spirit is willing but the mind is weak. I think there's a difference. Whenever we feel challenged it's how we think it out that will determine one result or another...positive or negative as we choose. Even as I write that I feel a little less discouraged as I remind myself that I have the power to choose. The reality is that I am getting older and my body will simply not behave the way it did even 2 years ago, and I need to acknowledge that. I need to acknowledge it and adjust accordingly.
I had a quite a decent run yesterday (24 kms at a 5:05 pace) but today the wheels fell off. It started out this morning in the pool with the realization that I wasn't going anywhere fast. Without my wetsuit I can barely swim 250 metres nonstop! After that I spend about 50 minutes on the bike trainer that was all I could do to survive. I had this bright idea that I was gonna do weights tonite as well but there was just no freakin way. Instead I fell asleep at 4 pm, only to wake up 2 hours later feeling completely overwhelmed.
So tomorrow's another day, right? I have decided I need to go back to square one in the pool. No wetsuit, no fancy styles, just frequent steady workouts patiently building my distance while focusing on technique. Back to how I started out some 19 years go. I think right now I am better off with shorter stints in the pool, but at least 5 times per week.
I'm also pretty sure that the time zone issue is pretty major for my aging body. I hurt all over, way disproportionately to the workouts I've done since returning home. Any travel between now and next August will have to be north-south or not at all. I'm just not prepared to suffer like this any more.
So yes Old John my friend, lots of internal dialogue but that's what it's all about eh? Talking your self into it, whatever 'it' is. I do take pride in the belief that I never stay down too long. Other than the six months or so after my illness I usually mange to find my optimism.
Speaking of discouraged, I'm really quite mystified by a strange phenomenon occuring on 2 of my favorite quote sights. Whenever I open the link to "brainyquote" or "thinkexist" and enter a search the browser refreshes to an empty page after about 5 seconds. What's really weird is that this happened to both sites on the same day. Anyone got any ideas? I have tried emptying my cache and clearing my cookies to no avail??
(swim 30 minutes, computrainer 45 mins)
"A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying."---John Burroughs
Love
Peter
I had a quite a decent run yesterday (24 kms at a 5:05 pace) but today the wheels fell off. It started out this morning in the pool with the realization that I wasn't going anywhere fast. Without my wetsuit I can barely swim 250 metres nonstop! After that I spend about 50 minutes on the bike trainer that was all I could do to survive. I had this bright idea that I was gonna do weights tonite as well but there was just no freakin way. Instead I fell asleep at 4 pm, only to wake up 2 hours later feeling completely overwhelmed.
So tomorrow's another day, right? I have decided I need to go back to square one in the pool. No wetsuit, no fancy styles, just frequent steady workouts patiently building my distance while focusing on technique. Back to how I started out some 19 years go. I think right now I am better off with shorter stints in the pool, but at least 5 times per week.
I'm also pretty sure that the time zone issue is pretty major for my aging body. I hurt all over, way disproportionately to the workouts I've done since returning home. Any travel between now and next August will have to be north-south or not at all. I'm just not prepared to suffer like this any more.
So yes Old John my friend, lots of internal dialogue but that's what it's all about eh? Talking your self into it, whatever 'it' is. I do take pride in the belief that I never stay down too long. Other than the six months or so after my illness I usually mange to find my optimism.
Speaking of discouraged, I'm really quite mystified by a strange phenomenon occuring on 2 of my favorite quote sights. Whenever I open the link to "brainyquote" or "thinkexist" and enter a search the browser refreshes to an empty page after about 5 seconds. What's really weird is that this happened to both sites on the same day. Anyone got any ideas? I have tried emptying my cache and clearing my cookies to no avail??
(swim 30 minutes, computrainer 45 mins)
"A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying."---John Burroughs
Love
Peter
Good post. I always thought tiredness was the only real side affect. I like that you work through it in your head and that already makes you feel better. This is an incredibly powerful skill that anyone can learn.
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I think jet lag can play a huge factor on the brain and the body as a whole. You are a control freek, remember, you have to allow yourself time to adjust to the torture you have just put that aging body through. At least you are able to see sense and don't blame others. Just give yourself that time to regroup and heal that weary old body of yours. ooops, did l say old...sorry..
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