Week 1 of the school year is officially in the books and now
I am officially a working stiff again! This summer was an epic on but it is
time to get back to the grind. It is going to be a challenging year at my
school because renovations have us cramped and crazy, but I am fortunate to
have great students this year. The one issue facing me is how devote enough
time to my training while working full time.
Finding the time to train during the summer is now problem
for a school teacher, but what about during the school year? I just completed
one week on the job and i would like to share some observations:
·
To keep up my training regime, I am turning into
a model of efficiency. Balancing the kids, work, grad school, and my training
is keeping me busy. An occasional two days off from training is not ideal but
it is becoming a fact of life.
·
Prime workout time-right after school. Mornings
are too dark to do much outside.
I finally found some extra time yesterday to dedicate to
training and pulled off a brick workout! Exciting…not because I did a brick…exciting
that I found the time for one! I was all fired up for the rest of the evening.
My increased mojo was evident to the fam too. When playing with my youngest
before bed, I decided to squeeze in some crunches and it turned out to be a pretty
awful idea. I felt a little tweek while doing my set and immediately felt my
ribcage tighten. The discomfort did not go away for the rest of the evening. I
had plans to do a 5:30am swim but when the alarm went off the discomfort hadn’t
gone away so I had to call off the swim.
The day at school, I spoke with the athletic trainer who
thinks a strained the muscle/tendon/whatever-he-called-it in between my ribs.
He said to give it a little rest. I am a little bummed because the swim is my
weakest sport and by early next week I need to get back in the water. Running
and biking aren’t restricted so I don’t have to put all the training on hold.
The big triathlon is two weeks away as of this Sunday and I plan
on a busy weekend. I am running a 5k both Saturday and Sunday. I also plan on
squeezing in a bike ride on Saturday and a swim sometime on Sunday. During the
two weeks leading up to the tri I plan on cutting back on training a bit but I
am going to get into the water as much as possible-I need the work! The swim is
my biggest concern so I plan on doing as many swims as I can. That doesn’t mean
I’ll be in the pool everyday…I just hope to swim 3 times each week at the
least.
Also need to remember to do my Sunday training EARLY… well
before the NFL takes over my life! I am fired up for the football season here.
Remember, I’m a New England guy so that means the PROS only…college ball is not
a big deal here. Our big college sport is HOCKEY and if you are wondering, my
fav squad are the UMASS-LOWELL River Hawks! One more month until they drop the
puck for their season. This may be the only hockey that is on this season
because the NHL’ers are sounding like they may not play at all. I refuse to
believe that my Bruins won’t be playing! My boys are in the middle of a decent
stretch where the team has plenty of talent and young players. Now is not the
time for a year off!!!! Wake up guys(and owners)!
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