Today brought the first hike/trail run of 2012. In shorts!! And toe shoes!
During the summer, I'm something of a health and fitness advocate.
Really I always am, but it's easy for good intentions to get smothered when school envelops my thoughts entirely. Some people eat when they're bored; I eat when I'm so busy I forget that I've already eaten 3 times and it's not even noon yet. That's not an excuse, it's an actual occurrence from my life.
Bad: Waking up at 6:00 to run shall no longer be classified as simply "obscene." Now we have bigger problems, like "so dark my reflector pants do me no good and I may as well go pantsless," "werewolves are still out and hungry for a high-calorie dessert," and "my head a'splode-neosis."
Good: It stays light for an extra hour at night, meaning that when I get off work and hold myself hostage in the library, it won't feel like a dungeon anymore . . .
Bad: . . . oh wait, ya it will.
Good: It feels like a new season (Utah will surely punish me for that one) and thus reason for a fresh start.
My Daylight Savings Fresh Start:
-Run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday mornings
-Jog home each Wednesday after work
-Trail run once a week
-Core training after each run
-Avoid dairy like the plague
(I'm lactose intolerant, but sometimes I have selective memory-loss on the matter)
-Don't buy food on campus unless it's the L&T half salad or the Legends' Grille breakfast of champions
(for those days when I just need to take an extended gander at the student athletes)
-Taboo on refined carbs, carbonation, and sweets--they slow down my jogs
-Hydrate with 9 cups of water a day
-Sleeeeeeep; it's not as though I take in anything I read after midnight anyway
Fitness is my hobby.
Time is my foe.
I'll report how the battle rages next week.
p.s. I really am eating Reese's Puffs right now. Don't worry, my diet starts tomorrow.
(Our diet starts tomorrow.)