Posted by Both training and “life” kicked my butt today. Today was a hard day.
Running was hard. It’s been snowing on and off for a few days. I’m still getting my runs in but they’re subpar as I’m cold, miserable, and fearful of a hard fall.
The bike session was hard. It designed to push my anaerobic capacity. It included 10x1min of as-hard-as-I-can-go efforts. I was toast by the tenth interval. I had to lie down for a half hour when it was done.
Parenting was hard. My son’s school was cancelled so I had to take time away from work to care for him. He tested my patience as four-year olds tend to do.
I don’t think I handled today’s challenges particularly well. But I survived. When I was younger, I used to get down on myself after days like this. I’m getting better maintaining a healthy perspective. I’m getting better at learn from and accepting my mistakes.
Some days, all we can do is to keep moving forward. Today was one of those days.
Out and Back 