We all move on from minor disappointments. This is nothing different.
The week is almost over, and I have a long run and a long bike on tap for the weekend. I did alright with my training this week; so far I've only missed one run and one swim. It's hard for me to fit everything in as is, and I'm getting a little worried about IM training, when it all ramps up tenfold. Something in my schedule might have to drop. I'm busy almost every second of every day, from 8-10 (or 6-10 on Mondays and Wedesday). I know that's probably not that much outside of the norm for so many of you out there (doing this with kids? a full time job? both?! I don't know how you do it), but for me it's completely and utterly exhausting and it means that when I have a second of spare time I don't feel relief, but instead panic about what I should be doing to prepare for the next class, the next rehearsal, recital, lesson, or workout.
But, the workouts this weekend will be fun; I'm doing them with friends. On Saturday, I found someone in my running club who is willing to do long runs even though she's not marathon training. Crazy. So, we'll do a three hour run together. And then Sunday, I'm biking to the apple orchard with Courtney, and even though I can't imagine I'll be able to ride 80m comfortably, I'm sure we'll still have a great day.
With 6 weeks to go (yikes!), and next week being the first rehearsal with my pianist, recital repertoire has finally been pinned down. Here it is in performance order:
Milhaud Sonatine
Godard Suite
**intermission**
CPE Bach Hamburg Sonata
Carter Scrivo in Vento
Copland Duo
Oh, and the date has been set. I'm not going to let anything get in the way. The weekend of November 9-11, I'm going to Vermont. I'll be done with my long runs and just in taper zone, I don't have any concerts scheduled, and there is no reason why I can't take the weekend off to see the Vermont leaves, even if it is at the end of their glory.
So, that's about it here; it's time to get up and go to the library and print out thousand pages of articles I was supposed to read for class, so that I at least look like I have everything together. Next week, I once again have 2 papers due; getting the reading done won't be optional.
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I think, fundamentally, we get it all done by skiving off stuff that is not as fun as training. Sometimes that's good because we get rid of junk we don't need; but, sometimes we neglect the important stuff. A constant battle.
I miss seeing the Vermont leaves! It's just not even close here in Iowa!
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