It used to be that a lot of my Sunday blogs would come from whatever I thought about on my long Sunday run, then I got pregnant, clumsy and got banned from running outside after a couple falls so the long Sunday runs fell to the wayside. This week I started marathon training and with that my long Sunday runs come back, except for this Sunday my husband is out of town and my normal babysitters are not available (with a not quite 6 week old I am very picky on a babysitter). So once again no long Sunday run....boo. Thankfully I am still in baby heaven and not too disappointed, instead I just readjust.
That brings me to my thoughts for the day....flexibility in training and really in life.
When I met my husband I was single and didn't have to worry about kids or other people's schedules. I worried about mine and fit in what I felt like fitting in around what I had on my agenda. When I started training for a race I would print out a 20-16 week training plan and hang it on my bathroom mirror. I would go to bed each night with a schedule in my head for the following day or even week (this may sound a bit extreme to some but realize that this is way relaxed compared to college when I would right out my schedule everyday in 15 minute increments). I liked a schedule and I was good at sticking to one.
Then I met my husband and life changed. Rory takes a much more relaxed approach to time and training. He also came with two kids, which require a whole different level of flexibility. Even before we got married he was trying to teach me to calm down about time and schedules.
Rory came from a family where time is looked at a bit differently than mine. If my mother-in-law says dinner at 5 that doesn't mean we are eating at 5. In fact, we could probably show up at 6 and dinner still wouldn't have started. In comparison to my family. If my mom says dinner is at 5 that means we are eating at 5. If I'm not there at 5:05 I will be getting a text asking where I am at.
This doesn't mean you shouldn't plan, you shouldn't have schedules. I still think that schedules and plans are very important, especially when it comes to training. You need to have a goal and know what steps are needed to meet that goal. When I approach a marathon I have a few key runs to get in each week, the days and times I get in those runs may not be what I wanted but I still get them in. Instead of doing 10 miles today I am running 4 miles to a 10k I am running tomorrow morning. Still getting the run in, just not on the day that I was wanting to.
Instead of my plan running me, I know make it so that I run my plan.
Today my schedule has to remain fluid and be prepared to change. I will admit that there are days I want to pull out my hair because I had a plan for that day and it isn't working. But if the me from six years ago was here she would have a mental break down at the lack of rigidity. I am growing, I am learning, and I am looking forward to a time when there doesn't have to be quite so much flexibility in my schedule (knowing that is years away).
That brings me to my thoughts for the day....flexibility in training and really in life.When I met my husband I was single and didn't have to worry about kids or other people's schedules. I worried about mine and fit in what I felt like fitting in around what I had on my agenda. When I started training for a race I would print out a 20-16 week training plan and hang it on my bathroom mirror. I would go to bed each night with a schedule in my head for the following day or even week (this may sound a bit extreme to some but realize that this is way relaxed compared to college when I would right out my schedule everyday in 15 minute increments). I liked a schedule and I was good at sticking to one.
Then I met my husband and life changed. Rory takes a much more relaxed approach to time and training. He also came with two kids, which require a whole different level of flexibility. Even before we got married he was trying to teach me to calm down about time and schedules.
Rory came from a family where time is looked at a bit differently than mine. If my mother-in-law says dinner at 5 that doesn't mean we are eating at 5. In fact, we could probably show up at 6 and dinner still wouldn't have started. In comparison to my family. If my mom says dinner is at 5 that means we are eating at 5. If I'm not there at 5:05 I will be getting a text asking where I am at.
This doesn't mean you shouldn't plan, you shouldn't have schedules. I still think that schedules and plans are very important, especially when it comes to training. You need to have a goal and know what steps are needed to meet that goal. When I approach a marathon I have a few key runs to get in each week, the days and times I get in those runs may not be what I wanted but I still get them in. Instead of doing 10 miles today I am running 4 miles to a 10k I am running tomorrow morning. Still getting the run in, just not on the day that I was wanting to.
Instead of my plan running me, I know make it so that I run my plan.
Today my schedule has to remain fluid and be prepared to change. I will admit that there are days I want to pull out my hair because I had a plan for that day and it isn't working. But if the me from six years ago was here she would have a mental break down at the lack of rigidity. I am growing, I am learning, and I am looking forward to a time when there doesn't have to be quite so much flexibility in my schedule (knowing that is years away).
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