When I signed up to do the whole 50 mile swim, I didn’t think anything of it.\u00a0 I swim a specific yardage three times a week without really being too concerned about it.\u00a0 Habit.<\/p>\n
When your name is on a bulletin board and there’s a mileage increment chart where you’ll be getting a marker when you reach a certain number of miles, it puts it into another perspective.<\/p>\n
There are people who’ve already swum 10 miles since this started on May 1.\u00a0 I’m so nuts I actually considered trying to swim a mile every single day.<\/p>\n
The thing is, that’s absurd.\u00a0 My workout routine of swimming three days a week and lifting three days a week works out fine.\u00a0 I don’t need to add more just because I’m feeling competitive.\u00a0 I might quit or get discouraged.\u00a0 Quitting bad.\u00a0 Working out good.\u00a0 I only “win” if I keep the workout habit.<\/p>\n
Certainly I could choose to make swimming my sole workout.\u00a0 But I really don’t want to.\u00a0 I like lifting, want to continue with it and don’t want to devote more time to working out than I already do.\u00a0 Yes, the option’s there, but I don’t want to.<\/p>\n
Not “I can’t” or “I shouldn’t”\u00a0 or “I have to…”\u00a0\u00a0 That’s it’s just a choice with no big moral attachment to it feels really good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When I signed up to do the whole 50 mile swim, I didn’t think anything of it.\u00a0 I swim a specific yardage three times a week without really being too concerned about it.\u00a0 Habit. When your name is on a bulletin board and there’s a mileage increment chart where you’ll be getting a marker when … <\/p>\n