Another week down

Well -- I made it through another week. My weeks are running a little different than normal. They begin on Monday and end with Sunday. I think it works just as good as the traditional way. Anyway, I had a pretty uneventful weekend. Had a good run Saturday, and last night Jessi let me set up my bike and trainer in the middle of the living room to watch T.V. during my 2 hour trainer ride (I'm not quite sure how that fits in with my T.V. makes you stupid post, but that it what I did). I know the trainer sound gets annoying after a while, but she really didn't seem to mind.

I was reading Walden for about the 19 hundredth time last night and had a thought regarding "multitasking." Obviously, it is a good skill to have and is downright necessary in my line of employment, but there is a fine line between doing all you can, and taking on a little too much. Once you overload there is no going back. It is actually similar to endurance training, in that you have to take a real, honest, inventory of your abilities. There are some things you just can't fake.

I came across a quote the other day that I liked, so I wrote it down. Now, having lost the sheet of paper I wrote it down on, I'll try and reinact it to the best of my ability -- "When juggling, if you add one thing too many, you don't just drop that one thing, you drop them all."

Everyone has their limitations. There are only so many balls you can keep in the air at one time. It is important to have a realistic view of your abilities, as well as your limiters -- with an honest self-awareness, each of these can actually be used to your benefit. It is important to know your limits (I'm pretty sure I just stole that from a beer commercial, but I guess it could apply to more than one situation).

*** Last night I had 2 hours on the trainer, moderate effort with hard effort during commercial breaks. I also got an e-mail last night saying that the pool will be closed for another week. This really isn't a good time for me to take 2 weeks off swimming, but I guess you have to roll with the punches. Anyway, the swim is only 1.2 miles. What could happen? Tonight I have a 70-80 minute bike ride.

Later.
Danny.