Week of September 9

One thing that helped from the reunion weekend was saying to people what I was doing:  I teach, I write, I'm working on a novel, I'm training for a half-marathon, etc., etc-- I would not say all this to one person, but my cumulative voice comes back to haunt me.  What the heck do I think I'm doing?  No wonder I'm feeling so scattered!  What I do at work is a lot.  It will keep me busy 40-60 hours per week, even if I'm just barely keeping up in my writing group to bring them what I'm currently working on for advice.  I realized that as I thought about today:  one day to catch up in two classes and I'm ALSO going to run 8 miles which, I know, is going to really take it out of me?  Uh . . . . no.

I'm recalibrating with an eye toward being reasonable yet continuing to move forward.  Some ground rules include the idea that I have to keep exercising and have to keep eating well.  So that in itself takes time and energy.  I will, as I am able, run longer every other Sunday, but I will adjust that to allow me to take the day (and I should be able to take a day a week for myself, but not until I catch up a bit).  And even then, it may not be on the half-marathon schedule, since I now think I'll run the 10K at the end of November and a half-marathon in spring.  That eases back the commitment and, honestly, some stress about that (more physical stress, but that results in mental stress when I'm too tired/sore/bleh to do other things).  And I'm still working out!! (I can get paranoid that I'm going to slip back on the pounds I've lost; I already lost some momentum with this weekend and eating and drinking more than I should have--though it was fun to be with friend Cathy!)

THE PLAN FOR THE WEEK:
Sunday: 30-45 min run / Reality:  walk 7; run 35; walk 15; run 10; walk 3 = run 45, walk 25 T = 70 & feel good! Can actually do some work this afternoon.
Monday: walked around campus 20 min (out all day!)
Tuesday: walk 5 / run 20 / walk 10 (getting dark so ran in neighborhood rather than park)
Wednesday: golf (VERY tiring--told to hold the club a 5 out of 10, I think I was clenching it a 15 out of 10; *sigh*)
Thursday: 50 min walk/run/walk
Friday: I walked around in my exercise clothes all evening, does that count?
Saturday:  great yoga hour; felt better than eating a Graeter's ice cream sundae--my body was saying yes, yes, yes, this is what I need!