One of the biggest challenges I’ve had is finding a balance between school and exercise. My main problem is finding the discipline to get to sleep at a decent hour so that the next day I can exercise. I know, it sounds simple enough, but hear me out.
Most people, if they’re tired, they go to bed. That’s what most of my friends and classmates do. If it’s 11 p.m., they have an 8 a.m. class, then they usually go to bed if all their other stuff is done. Me? That’s when I get a second wind. That’s when it seems like a good time to brush up on viral cat and dog videos on YouTube or to re-watch the a Daily Show or Jimmy Fallon segment I’ve already watched like 10 times. Or maybe it’s a good time to explore what’s new on Netflix or log on to TMZ to see how my boy Justin Bieber is doing.
So 12:30 or 1 a.m. rolls around and I’m still up. Right around then is when I decide it’s a good time to start heading off the sleep. This happens every night of the week, pretty much, the only difference sometimes is that I’ll be up late doing school work.
By Thursday I’m pretty tired. And when I’m tired, and I exercise, I usually get sick. This is the curse of having the immune system of a small woodland rodent.
But I’ve decided that enough is enough and I’m pledging now, as I did on Facebook last week, to train for and do the TriWaco triathlon on July 27. I did the Sprint race two or three years ago back when triathlons and running was something I dd. Forty pounds and many, many months of inactivity later, here I am. I’ve decided to publicly announce my goal to keep me accountable. I’ve got several classmates and friends from Austin who say they will do the race with me.
This will require me to, I don’t know, go to bed at a decent hour. The last episode of this or that on Hulu Plus will have to wait until the next day. I’m pretty worried about how this will go down. Wish me luck.
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