Opps...overslept

Ok, so I set out all my clothes last night so I could exercise. I was ready to conquer the world.

My friend texted me about 3 minutes before my alarm was going to go off (about 4:12 am). She had a bad night and wasn't going to go exercise. No problem, I say to myself, I will exercise by myself. I've done it for years. I'm just going to lay here for a second......

When I woke up at 6:45 I must admit I was surprised. How did I fall asleep so soundly? Frustrated and knowing it was too late to go to the gym, I got up and took a shower. How am I going to maintain my position as a "regular" before the new years people hit if I don't go? I am in danger of being classified as "one of those".

I did manage to justify not going by observing how sore I was from yesterday. Yea, I probably need to give my body some "recovery time". Yea, that's it.

Guilt did set in a little later in the morning and to pacify myself, I ate some of my Sees Chocolates that I opened the night before. Since I still had some Mrs. Cavanaughs chocolates left on the table, I had one of those too, so they wouldn't spoil. All that chocolate is going to my "recovering" muscles. Yea, that's it. And this is how I reward myself for not going to the gym? Hummm..

Well, I don't officially start training for my marathon until January so I have time, right?

Look out body! Tomorrow is a new day!

New years prep

I've decided to try my hand at blogging. Never done it before but I feel I must express my observations about exercise.

I will soon be preparing for my 16th marathon. Ah, you might think I am really in shape and HAVE to run every day. No, that's simply not the case. Since my last marathon in the fall, I really haven't run much. Sad but true. I have gone to the gym and I do have observations about that. I will start with those.

I have been hanging back the last, oh, month. My gym consistency is sparse at best. Here's my challenge. If I don't establish some type of regularity before the end of the year, I could be mistaken for a new years resolution exerciser. This could be a point of shame if I haven't established my regularity. The thought of being mistaken for one of "those"-you know the ones that last about a month and then you are wondering where they went? This is so awful to me that this alone will get me to the gym. How these people will know I have been going before January is a mystery to me but still...I must keep going.

So this morning I went. I'm still not committed to eating good yet because I have a 1 lb. box of Sees chocolates that I don't want to spoil. You know those chocolates don't last long. Anyway, I did some weight training and quite frankly, it kicked my butt. I did the elliptical for about 25 minutes and my friend had to leave so I did too. I really don't want to overdo it - I might be too tired for tomorrow...