Work with me, Feet!

It looked pretty nice out this morning, so I thought it might be fun to go out for a run. Figured I'd do a quick 5km, then I'd have workout 1 in the bag for the day. I also had this idea that I'd try and set a PR for 1km. I mean, why not? Gotta have a goal for each workout, right? So off I went, and I hadn't gone a block before it hit me that there would be no trying for PR's today; it was WAY too icy. New goal: survive 5km without falling and breaking my ass.

A series of realizations floated into my brain while I was out gingerly trotting over icy ruts:

1. I'm pretty good at seeing an obstacle, then carefully navigating over it. Nice bare patches of sidewalk are a hazard though, because I am very likely to get bored with whatever song is playing on my phone, or check my gps to see how far I've gone, or get lost in some kind of daydream...and trip over nothing and fall on my face. True story. No face plants today but there were some close calls!

 2. I have to get out running more if I'm going to go after that Spartan Trifecta medal. Haven't been doing much running lately, because...

3. My feet are not happy. I've been having fun experimenting with all the new minimalist shoe designs for the last year or so, and my conclusion is this: they are great to train in. I am a fairly big person though, and since I mostly work standing up, wearing them for work from day to day isn't doing my feet any favours. They are pissed at me. It's time to go back to more supportive shoes for standing around the gym.

4. Getting old is starting to suck a little bit! And no, at 35 years I do not consider myself old...as a general rule. In fact, I'm really digging this decade. But, my body is not responding to things the way it did ten years ago, and that's just how it is. The prime focus of every single workout is now to get to the next workout without injury. Does that mean it's time to slow down? Hell no! I still fully expect to keep getting better and better...but it does mean that it will take a bit more soft tissue work, a more thorough warm-up, more attention to pre-hab exercises, and generally a 'work smarter, not harder' kind of approach.

5. Working smarter, not harder is all good until you get dropped by a woman with grey hair and a yappy little rat-dog. Moving on.

Project Update!

100 workouts in 100 days:
Today is day 43 and I'm at 32 workouts. Definitely not where I wanted to be at this point, but what can I say? Life threw me some curve balls. Expecting to be caught up by day 60 - the plan is in place!

Buy Nothing Month:
Argh, this has sucked!! SO happy it'll be over soon. On the bright side though, I really learned some stuff, for example: I spend so much time in 'get it done' mode that I don't stop to think about whether some things are really necessary. Sometimes it's good to wait. Other times, it's not - like for instance, I really need new shoes.

No wait, I'm serious!