Priorities

How does one get their life in order? I find myself struggling with this constantly. Honestly, I somehow thought that as I got older, it would get easier. This has definitely not been the case.

Anyway, since last Wednesday, the only thing I've done is an 8/22 run on Sunday and one of my new PowerFit workouts (triceps, chest & butt). For the run, I changed from 1 min run intervals to 2 min run intervals. I did this because running for 1 minute wasn't a challenge at all. Going to 2 minutes means that I cruise through the first minute and then as I hit minute #2, I start to breathe a bit. I think a 3 minute interval would be a better challenge, but I don't want to rush my foot. Speaking of which, it's been hurting a lot lately. I don't know why, but I was really paying attention on Sunday during the run/walk and it actually hurt less when I was running than when I was walking. That little discovery kept me going.

Tonight I'll be doing swim #3. I just found out that the 10-week swim training session at the pool where the Tri is held does not fit my schedule real well. I'm going to see what I can find closer to home (at our training pool) instead. I may also just work on my own...depending on how things go.

Because I'll be swimming tonight, I'm moving my run/walks to Wed & Fri this week. And we will swim on Tues & Thurs. I will also be adding a PowerFit workout on run nights. I really want to do more of a focus on my core strengthening both for running, swimming and to hopefully solve this back pain issue. If I get strong and it still hurts, then I'll know a doctor's visit is in order.

Lastly, I joined a mentoring group over at BT, but I'm not 100% sure I'm ready to commit to it. I don't want to do this 'hard core' just yet and I'm afraid that'll be the MO over there. We'll see. If I set up MY plans - I can stick to just them and call it good. This is about ME...not about what anyone else is doing and I need to remind myself of that occasionally! :-)