What are yours?
Do you make them?
Please share your thoughts.
I don't.
I have an on going list of things, and I do them, usually when i can, or when the motivation is right. The list gets revised as-needed, which is reasonably often. There are shortterm and medium term and long term things on that list.
The thing with resolutions is... if I didn't have the motivation to do something on Dec 15th, I'm not likely to have it on Jan 1st. And there's no Big Bang when you turn the calendar page to Jan. 1st.
For me, I tend to think about things for a while, and one day I get a moment of clarity of sorts, and jump in both feet.
Starting things when I'm half hearted about them or feel like I should, or someone is pushing me to. I know myself well enough to know that I'm not gonna stick with them, and it's a waste of time and energy, not to mention an additional blow to self esteem that quitting can do. Have enough false starts, and one day you can find yourself believing you can't do the race.
In my case, this is true in swimming and life in general.
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iris,
I really feel your pain...I was out of running for about a year and a half due to a hurt knee. It was heartbreaking and I felt as though my identity was gone. Everyone always asks me "Are you still running like a crazy lady?"
Then I woke up and realized that I needed to get my butt in the pool. It really has been a great substitute/addition.
Now I'm up to 45 minutes of running (in which I started with 5 minutes and have been building up...and to think that I was a marathoner!), and have decided to train and race a half ironman tri in August.
For runners (or any sport specific athlete) it is emotionally difficult to change gears--limit the weekly mileage, number of days running in a week, adopt another sport, etc. However, you will find that swimming and other sports will diminish your knee pain, help with the emotional blow of limiting running, and give you purpose.
*After you rehab for awhile, how about a triathlon???
Cheers,
jerrycat
iris,
I really feel your pain...I was out of running for about a year and a half due to a hurt knee. It was heartbreaking and I felt as though my identity was gone. Everyone always asks me "Are you still running like a crazy lady?"
Then I woke up and realized that I needed to get my butt in the pool. It really has been a great substitute/addition.
Now I'm up to 45 minutes of running (in which I started with 5 minutes and have been building up...and to think that I was a marathoner!), and have decided to train and race a half ironman tri in August.
For runners (or any sport specific athlete) it is emotionally difficult to change gears--limit the weekly mileage, number of days running in a week, adopt another sport, etc. However, you will find that swimming and other sports will diminish your knee pain, help with the emotional blow of limiting running, and give you purpose.
*After you rehab for awhile, how about a triathlon???
Cheers,
jerrycat
