I’m a morning person……if I’ve got anything planned, it’s gotta be done before noon. and I pretty much have to have that thing started first thing…….basically get out of bed, and either that moving, or at least going towards the spot where I need to start moving……..and if I don’t, or am not, I just lose my intestinal fortitude or whatever……and well, the day is done…

Sometimes I’m fine with it…….I just needed that extra sleep, a rest day or whatever…….like this morning. a restless night, after a hard Monday, my body said to relax today, and save myself for Wednesday…

Other times it’s just frustraiting…….but, still, I guess the body, the head, always gets it’s way….

Today was one of those days…a day of rest, and a day to get caught up on things….and, well, to make dinner.

I’m re retired…my wife still works…so I’ve become the chief cook and bottle washer…at least I’ve decided to become that…just do stuff that has to be done, need to be done, should be done….I’ve never divided things like that’s my thing, and that’s someone elses….and now there’s just more that I do….cookin’ cleanin’…….today, besides things like changing oil in the car, washing the car, groceries, putting together diner, laundry…..etc, etc, etc…..I’m at home and not really doing anything, so why not….?

There’s always things that you have to do .. cleaning out the garage, a storage room, scrub out the fridge, re-organize things out……..

I’m really trying to wrap my mind around of running every second day rather then every day……building my training around 10 days rather than a 7 day routine….making sure I have that rest day, and that active rest day……..and on the days I don’t run, still train…..cross train……bike, swim, walk, strength training a spin class on those off days…

It’s really hard to figure that out, there’s really not much in the way of a road map, every published training schedule is build on that work week, 7 days, and I get it, so every long run will always be on the same day, every 7th day, hills and speed training the same day…..10 days, doesn’t do that……I guess a 14 day routine might……

A lot is that mentality….7 days, it’s always been 7 days, long runs are always the same day…..then, well, I’m currently digging through Jeff Galloway’s book on training for us old folks called Running Until You’re 100..and he says that, every second day, not consecutive days….less high impact days…..and weird thing, as I’m writing this, why not build this on a 14 day routine, so that longer day would be on day 14?……

I do like doing lots of stuff…..I love biking and swimming, still wrapping my head around spin classes, but spring is here, so out on the road is in my future as soon as it warms up a bit more…

So, this should work……I do have a handicap though….I’m looking after three run club runs…..and the back to back Tuesday and Wednesday crews, are my responsibility, and Sundays, yep I have to run every Sunday…

So my homework for what is left of tonight, this evening, is to figure out the rest of this week, and next week…there’s a handful of things I have to do, some I need to do, and some I want to……so that’s in mind……and will try and focus..

The other thing I’ve got to keep in mind is, I don’t have any huge races planned, a couple of half marathons, so, my real goal, is to just keep training, and just what races I have on my schedule, will just be a part of my routine…fun events, fun runs, and possible a couple of fun triathlons..