Flexibility
Due to unforeseen circumstances, today’s long run has been postponed until tomorrow.
Our friends, Scott and Amber organized a wine tasting party. Guests were asked to bring a bottle of wine for a wine tasting showdown. The bottles were placed in a paper bag, assigned a number and then passed around for a taste test. We scored each wine based on 5 factors. Then, the wine with the highest score was crowned the winner and the person who brought it was given a fancy wine journal.
We had a really great night! We didn’t leave the party until after 1 a.m. way, way passed my bed time.
It seems the person behind the camera was struggling to take pictures after tasting 15 different wines.
One thing I did in the past while training was miss out on social events. There was no balance in my life, only training. I promised myself that this time I’d be flexible enough with my training schedule to allow for this type of activity. Not doing your long run on the planned day, does not mean skipping it all together or getting bent out of shape. It just means doing it another day. A simple lesson thats been hard to learn.
This type of night isn’t our normal weekend thing. I’m so happy I decided to fully join the party instead of having one foot out the door the entire night. Mondays have been my usual day for long runs, and I guess its gonna stay that way.
How do you balance a demanding training schedule with your social life?
Looks like FUN! The balance in my life is never really that great, so I’m probably the wrong one to ask…but I just try to remember that all areas in life – be it fitness, fun, school, work – are equally important.
Good for you. I used to be very unflixible with my schedule, period. Anything random would come up and I’d say, ughh, that wasn’t on my daily plan! I am very type A, but I wasn’t happy with that rigid lifestyle. Now I just live minute by minute and enjoy myself so much more. I still do what I need to do, but I’m not bent out of shape when something comes up.
That wine tasting party sounds like so much fun! What a clever idea.
Good for you for breakin’ outta the mold. I am so scheduled and overly Type A that sometimes it’s hard to just go with the flow. “One foot out the door the whole night”…that’s how I am when I know I need to stay on schedule if I want to accomplish everything on my to-do list that day. I need to be more zen, less routine, huh
Glad you were able to just go with the flow and enjoy yourself!!!