Funk

Sometimes I just can't bring myself to swim. Swimming to me seems to be the most un-interesting form of exercise. I think it's something to do with the sensory deprivation, but I'm not sure. For all the hours of my life I've spent in a pool I'd much rather go run outside or bike or .. do pretty much anything else. I call this Swimming Funk.

I can usually avoid a lot of this Funk by swimming early in the morning, before my brain is awake enough to notice the sensory deprivation and come up with reasonable excuses to not swim. However, some mornings I can't swim early due to sleep needs (This morning was a sleep-need not a sleep-want, honest!)

Then the problem compounds when I'm trying to be cautious with my knee by not running two days in a row, and the roads are covered in snow -- what do I do? This all leads me into a depressing spiral of not wanting to workout at all and instead just sit around in my pajamas.

Luckily for me, I have The Cheese. Or more specifically: The Cheese 2.0. The Cheese is a tool that tends to sit in the bottom of the toolbox, hiding from the world. But every so often nothing else will work, and The Cheese comes out.

Thanks to The Cheese I had an insane 47 minute spin and feel like I not just salvaged the day but really came out ahead on it.