Freelance life is tough on the body
23 Mar
Surprise! Like errant shampoo in your suitcase, I’m slowly emerging from my bottle of winter hibernation. My last proper run was the YMCA Dallas Turkey Trot 8 mile, but I finally “ran” a bit on the Katy a few days ago. Go me!
My return to running isn’t really what’s exciting me. I got a 24 Hour Fitness membership at the downtown Dallas location a couple of weeks ago, and it’s been a blast. Lots of spinning classes that have delivered an expected and much needed butt-kicking. Weights, abs class, indoor track, yoga and a boot camp class that took me four days to recover from. It’s been great to simply move again.
But there’s a question I can’t ignore any longer, for my own good. Why am I prone to mega-breaks from working out and running? I think periodic breaks — two weeks, a month — are fine and even beneficial. But this was an especially long one, and not my first. I’ve tried to analyze it, with hopes of finding solutions and staying on track.
If I don’t have an indoor facility, winter always deals me a blow. I’m a cold-weather wiener and absolutely HATE running in anything but 65-degree air or hotter. Winter races are different, because race day is always different from shivering in the cold by my lonesome without the excitement, t-shirt and free banana to motivate me. (more…)
