I wanted to start the year with a fairly long run so that I could start the first day of the year as I mean to go on.
Looking out of my window this morning, the weather wasn't exactly inspiring and I had a stinking head cold.
But I had made my mind up several days ago that I would be doing a 20 mile run today, and it was written on my new 2012 calendar (Christmas present) complete with a little box next to it that would need a tick, or it would annoy me for the next 29 days until I changed the page to February.
Writing down my training in advance where I can see it always helps me stick to it. A calendar is always better than a diary, because your diary needs to be opened by you, and you maybe tempted to avoid looking in it on the days you feel a little less motivated. A bit like leaving bills unopened!
The weather didn't get any better on my run, in fact it got worse, but my cold amazingly got better, and I finished with a healthy 23 miles logged on my GPS.
For those of you still nursing hangovers, and really couldn't face a healthy start today, tomorrow is the first day of the first week of the first month of the New year. So no excuses this time!
Happy training!
Looking out of my window this morning, the weather wasn't exactly inspiring and I had a stinking head cold.
But I had made my mind up several days ago that I would be doing a 20 mile run today, and it was written on my new 2012 calendar (Christmas present) complete with a little box next to it that would need a tick, or it would annoy me for the next 29 days until I changed the page to February.
Writing down my training in advance where I can see it always helps me stick to it. A calendar is always better than a diary, because your diary needs to be opened by you, and you maybe tempted to avoid looking in it on the days you feel a little less motivated. A bit like leaving bills unopened!
The weather didn't get any better on my run, in fact it got worse, but my cold amazingly got better, and I finished with a healthy 23 miles logged on my GPS.
For those of you still nursing hangovers, and really couldn't face a healthy start today, tomorrow is the first day of the first week of the first month of the New year. So no excuses this time!
Happy training!
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