My last post I was thinking about running the Portland Marathon with minimal training. Luckily I decided not to do this. The decision was made quite a bit easier by some patella tendonitis flaring up in my knees – a residual injury from swimming too much breaststroke in my younger years.
After deciding not to run the Portland Marathon, there was a brief time when I was going to enter one of several short triathlons in the Vancouver area, but non of those panned out. Probably for the better.
It is probably better because I have fallen off the exercise wagon again. While I do walk fairly long distances at work (landscape maintenance), none of this time is running. And when I get home from work I don’t really feel like going on a run. And I have web design work waiting for me. And I have house chores to do. And I need to work in my yard. And I need more sleep. And I could go on, but I wont.
So as the landscape maintenance season changes from mowing yards to raking leaves I am considering a change in lifestyle. I think that I might be happier if I simply only go to work 3 days a week. This would leave much more time for triathlon training, growing my own small business (Orange Tie Designs), blogging here and working on various other tasks and projects that always seem to need more attention.
I’m not sure if this would be a wise decision, but life is only so long and I would rather have less and enjoy more. What do you think? Also, support me by clicking on those Google ads on the side of this page if you see anything that interests you. Thanks!