Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Winter Blues

We are coming into the winter season, not only a cold time of year: the days are short, the holidays, holiday parties. Sometimes it is hard to stay motivated, even after 15 years of racing and right around 20 years of personal training, the winter still gets to me.  Here are a few tips to beat the winter blues:

Make a plan: 

Business or sport, have a plan;  A strategy to achieve success.  Lay some ground work down on paper and make a path.  Don't think you can wing it, define what you want to do and how you are going to do it.  Set goals, bench makes along the way.

Set Goals: 

No goal is to big, but too big may not be achievable.  Going along with making a plan, set goals you can achieve, it will be a Ego booster.  Use bench makes along the way to check your progress. i.e. use a 5k on your way to a 10k

Do some of your favorite things: 
 
 
instead of
 
 
go here
 

 
or here
 
 
break your routine
 

Focus on the future: 

It is hard to look forward when you are looking backwards.  With a career filled with highs and lows, it is important that you remember the past, but not live in the past.  Take what you have learned, apply it, and do not make the same mistakes.  Push your boundaries and your comfort zone,

Be Great Today.