Wednesday 2 November 2011

Time management

I am often asked "where do you find the time to fit the training in?" and it's a good question.  Time is not an infinite resource but we all waste so much of it.  I started by examining what I did from when I woke up to when I went to bed - I needed to find a maximum of 2.5 hours a day (currently only 1.5).  So I started by getting up 1 hour early (1.5 in the summer) while still managing 7.5 hours sleep.  Then I looked at what I did in the evening when not being a taxi driver for the kids and was surprised how much junk TV I watched - that could be 1 - 1.5 hours.
Also instead of sitting in the car when my son is at athletics, why not pull on my trainers and put in an hours run.  There are lots of ways to create time if you have a goal you really want to achieve.
That's stage 1, stage 2 is doing it however when the alarm went off at 5.40am I did think "do I really have to get up and run plus do a gym session?"  The answer was yes because tonight I have a group turbo session and I would have found it difficult to fit all three in.  I meet my coach every week and go over the results and I do not want to turn up with missing sessions.  It's a bit like my daughter cramming her homework this morning before going to school.  In the end it has become normal for me to train like this and I have never felt fitter or healthier.  Much better than watching the telly!