What Are You Going to Do About It?

Sleep deprivation reared its head last night. Ayla had a rough night sleeping. Steph and I were up and down from roughly 1:30 a.m. through 6:30 a.m. taking care of Ayla or just not being able to sleep.

My plan was to train twice today, once in the morning before work and again at lunch. A meeting ran long and I enjoyed lunch with a buddy.

My Garmin 920 died this morning as I was about to leave for my run. Another excuse to skip my workout. I ran with my Strava mobile app and made the best of the situation. Boo hoo. Talk about first-world problems.

So, missed one session, hit one session.

The Good Wolf response would be to celebrate what I was able to accomplish on little sleep, further taking solace that I was present for Audra this morning before she left for school. I ran by feel, stayed in what felt an aerobic level of output, and ran :20-:30/mi faster than usual since I wasn’t tethered to my watch data. More important, I enjoyed the run. How can I build off today’s success? How can I set myself up better for tomorrow?

The Bad Wolf response would be to rue that I failed again. I didn’t HTFU and jam to the pool for an abbreviated swim with the available lunch time I had left. Further, I could spiral downward to wonder how I’ll ever get ready for Kona if I continue to miss my workouts like this. A 50% complete rate is not going to cut it! Might as well just quit now and avoid the disappointment of a poor finish in Hawaii.

It happens that fast. In an instant. Your day can be defined by how you respond in these moments.

The choice seems obvious, doesn’t it?