{"id":26364,"date":"2020-06-15T10:31:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T15:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=26364"},"modified":"2020-06-14T18:48:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T23:48:11","slug":"the-weekend-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/15\/the-weekend-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekend In Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, Brian J., did you do something radical in the fitness department this weekend? I mean, last weekend<\/a>, you did a duathlon that kicked your butt.<\/p>\n

Gentle reader, this week and weekend, I took it easy. It’s the first weekend in a month not dictated by a duathlon of any sort, so I took it easy. Next weekend, I have a 5K (that takes me past the Monte Crist<\/a> subdivision). So perhaps I will take a run some morning or afternoon this week to remember I can do this sort of thing.<\/p>\n

Today in the News-Leader<\/em>, Steve Pokin talks to a local runner that I actually do recognize<\/a>, and she says:<\/p>\n

To race well, Laughlin tells me, it hurts. The body feels discomfort when demands are made on it mile after mile.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a lot of determination,” she says. “I love competition. My goal every race is to see how much suffering I can endure and still maintain joy. Because if there isn\u2019t any joy in it, I don\u2019t want to do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there is a lot of suffering in life \u2014 a lot of tough times. Can we find a way to maintain joy in the same space as suffering? If we can do that, life rocks.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, I kind of think that’s why I run even though I hate it. At the end of last week’s duathlon, I was not that keen on riding a bike, either.<\/p>\n

So what did you do this weekend, Brian J.?<\/em> you might ask.<\/p>\n

Well, I slept poorly, again, both nights. Which means I slept later than I would prefer on Saturday, and I got on the lawn mower at about ten o’clock, and….<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

(Event name suggested back in 2016<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Let’s face it, if I don’t have a new certificate or t-shirt at the end of the weekend, I feel as though I’ve wasted my time. So I mowed the lawn for four hours and I went to the grocery and gas station, and then it was dinner time.<\/p>\n

Sunday, we went to church for the first time in months, but instead of an 8:00 service, we went at 10:45. So before, I puttered and did light chores, and when we got home a little after 12, I ate, snoozed a bit, did a bit of yard work, wrote some blog posts, and then it was time for dinner and bed time again.<\/p>\n

Perhaps I need to treat or think of every day as I do a vacation day: We have one great adventure or destination for the day, and the rest of it I have permission to relax, read, and whatnot. If that’s the case, I’m marking down two days of yard work as the pinnacle of the achievement and activity. <\/p>\n

Meh, that probably won’t work long term unless I go about accomplishing actual things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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