MFR 142: The Challenge of the Holidays and a Challenge for the Holidays
Mojo For Running Podcast
debbie voiles
4.9 • 555 Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2019
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
No time of the year challenges your commitment to running more than the holidays, the weeks between Thanksgiving and the new year. For that reason, I thought I'd share some my perspective in the hope that it will motivate you to stay the course. You, of course, may not run 'all the miles,' and I sure get that, as I explain, but you don't want to let go of too many of your planned miles.
Let's talk about that.
To help with accountability, to give you just a little bit more of a nudge to stay the course, in this episode, I explain the Holiday Running Challenge I have planned for you. It starts, today. Are you in?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Debbie Boyles, coach at Mojo for Running with episode number 142, |
| 0:06.2 | The Challenge of the Holidays and a Challenge for the Holidays. |
| 0:27.2 | Okay. Let's talk about the challenge of the holidays. |
| 0:35.9 | I have some thoughts on how to deal with it, and then at the end of this episode, I have a challenge to help you with accountability during the holidays. |
| 0:39.8 | As we all know, sticking to routines is not easy at this time of year. |
| 0:42.3 | As I record this, it's Thanksgiving weekend. |
| 0:46.6 | Oh, gosh, there are special dishes to prepare, relatives coming into town, |
| 0:52.4 | office parties, school concerts, special church programs and services, and on and on. |
| 0:57.0 | All involve extra hours of your time, and all somehow seem to also include food. Now, that's not bad, none of it. I don't want to see anyone give up any |
| 1:03.7 | tradition so they can run more, but somewhere in there we do need to maintain our fitness. Oh, |
| 1:10.1 | no doubt, there will not be as much cross-training, |
| 1:12.8 | and to make things a little dicier, depending on where you live, the weather may not cooperate |
| 1:17.3 | either. I get it. I totally get it. So what's the best way to get through this? The way that will |
| 1:23.4 | best help you to maintain your fitness, but will not take priority over enjoying the season |
| 1:29.6 | with your family. Well, I think I have the answer, or maybe at least I can provide some help. |
| 1:35.7 | I hope to at least get you through the season, enjoying it, but not abandoning your training. |
| 1:42.1 | First, very quickly, I want to invite you to our race, my race, |
| 1:46.9 | the Tensil Run 5K, which will be at Al Lopez Park on December 21st here in Tampa. If you'll be |
| 1:53.4 | in the Tampa Bay area that weekend, please come and join us. And if you have friends or family in |
| 1:58.2 | town, bring them along. The theme of this race is running with my gnomies. |
| 2:04.0 | And you will love the shirt, the awards, and the finisher medals. |
| 2:08.2 | The finisher medals are appropriate for hanging on your Christmas tree. |
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