"You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement." -Steve Prefontaine

Monday, July 2, 2012

Trying to find time in a busy schedule

As a college student, it's my job to work low, unpaid internships. It's true. It's a college requirement. (literally.) I am one of the lucky ones to have a 2 day a week unpaid at a magazine and a 3 day a week doing marketing from home paid. What does this mean for my exercise regime? That finding time is skillful.

We all know the story. We want to become more fit, run more, eat better, but in what universe do we have the time? To me, there's only one solution to my problem, 6 a.m.

Now to most college students, hearing 6 a.m. would be a terror and they would probably run away from it. Quite frankly, it's my gold time. On Mondays and Wednesdays, when I go off to the unpaid internship, 6 a.m. is kind of impossible. However, considering that C25k is 3 days a week, I have figured out my perfect schedule: Tuesday and Thursdays at 6 a.m. and then either Saturday or Sunday at 6 a.m. OR at night around 4/5 p.m.

So tomorrow, I will be getting my butt out of bed when the alarm goes off (not hitting the snooze button) and hitting the pavement. We'll see how this goes.

Topics to come:
Running in the summer heat of New England
Water!

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