Court Club Loveliness.
Alright well what I'm getting at is....well a couple things.
NUMBER ONE
I have a couple different possibilities of why my workouts have been a little (lot) short of stellar the past couple of weeks.
Now, before you roll your eyes thinking why could she complain about this, let me define what I consider "stellar."
[First]I grew up with my 2 "fathers" as my swim coaches. Literally. My (real) father was my first coach. I was daddys little girl. Everything he wanted----well I did because....well i loved him and wanted his approval.
[Second]My second coach (for the next 16- (current) years of my swimming career) was my step father for about 6 years. Having the two stresses of coach and father on deck- was a lot for a growing teenager (who tended to be a little hard on herself anyway). And actually reflecting on the entirety of my swimming career there was possibly a little bit of unessary hardness on his part. I recall many meets where if I swam off my best times....lets just say i wasn't his number one person to talk to at the dinner table.
[Third] I would like to call myself a messy perfectionist. BY no means is my house EVER clean....and it takes me probably on average 20 minutes to get out the door because I can't find this...or that...or ANYTHING. But when it comes to daily activities....perfection. I don't know why you would do anything 80percent....If I'm spending time in my day to do an activity....I put my heart into it. This includes my workouts.....which leads me to my blog post i am in the process of writing (very hard subject for me---to come THIS WEEK------"Finding happiness in workouts failed")
[Fourth] Simply: My nails weren't painted pink.
They were painted. Swim practice ruined them :) I guess Ill take it.
With these things possibly being the culprits of my increasing negativity through my workouts....well something needed to change.
And, well it did. After a couple FAIL attempts this AM(flat on the trainer....ehh...surprise appointment midmorning at the gym--postponed workouts)----I said ENOUGH....gathered up some inspiration from Hillary Biscay's blog and got my toosh out the door on the bicycle.
Seriously?!
Let me tell you my mother and I had a fabulous ride today. Lets check it out:
Beautiful Day for a Ride----still a little chilly but ill take the no snow and sunshine!
Don't worry about it- she forgot her cycling shoes....we waited for [awesome Rob] to bring them
Thank you sunshine for being outside
SBUCKS refuel... MMM
After our run my mother whooped my butt on a [fast] 40 min run. Woof. This is the face of "I feel so awesome and so awful at the same time." First finished workout needing to heave for 2012. YEHAWW
She said she thought she could run 14 more. Um okay go for it :)
I was SO EXCITED for my broccoli, kale, apple, banana, pineapple drankkkkk mmmm.
So, well, starting now: I am not going to play the whole ill do this now and that later....for the first time in four weeks my goals are being hit because I am gritting my teeth and getting through those awful first 10 minutes of the workout...because the prize of achieving your training goals is much more rewarding than the brain aches of training missed. Thank you and good night.... wee
Alright as promised: I am posting tomorrow....and looking forward to it
Love, Erin
how cool is it that you get to train with your Mom?? I hope when Lola grows up we will do the same thing :) that's awesome!!
ReplyDeletei saw you two riding yesterday and thought about trying to catch up and ride with you, but realized you were too far ahead and i am way too slow!
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