Training Log Archive: schnitzer

Hmm, not a good start. When I think about it I haven't actually considered myself 100% well since 25manna. Elisabeth the same but a little more severe, Hugo for significantly longer.

Of course for pre-school toddlers it is normal, one just has to spend 1 minute at a nursery, see them each taking it in turns to put toys in their mouths, listen to all the coughing and see all the snotty noses. They don't want to eat vegetables, wash their hands or wear gloves when they go outside. They make it their number one goal to sleep as little as possible.

It is definitely not normal however for adults who should have strong defence systems where all of the germs that the kids bring home simply enter the body and get immediately targeted and destroyed. Adults eat well, wash their hands well and avoid using bodily resources in order to keep themselves warm. These good habits pale into insignificance however in a similar way to 20 a day smoker using a quality moisturiser.

The reason why one gets ill so much and stays ill for so long in the Autumn is exactly the same reason why the kids get sent to the nursery when they have minor colds and coughs. It's the same reason why one goes to bed and can't get to sleep for an hour, the same reason why one wakes up at 5am and can't get back to sleep.

It's these time-pressure driven, middle-class careers and whilst it's probably insulting to 95% of the planet's population to be complaining about it I am thinking that I can't get rid of this situation quickly enough. There's got to be a more balanced way to do it.

That is what this 1000 days idea is all about. I know I said 'I find controls therefore I am' but it's actually much bigger than that. It's training for the rest of my life, a way to force a more balanced prioritisation. A way to limit the betrayal of oneself and those close to one in order to not only make no real positive difference to the world but sometimes even in order to make a negative one.

1000 day training plan starts today, ends Saturday 18th July 2020.

Primary goal - I find controls therefore I am.
Secondary goal - go right before left.

More to follow, if and when I can justify spending the time.

Long hill with Christian.

Our first proper session of the Autumn/Winter. Easy to start with but held the pace very well and it got harder towards the end. Gave it some on the last rep.

Same feeling beforehand as the last couple of days racing on Gotland but certainly no worse. I'm probably just about fighting off the bugs because of the huge benefit of the mini-break i.e. a couple of days of not thinking about work so much and sleeping when Hugo does.

13 reps.