Happy National Dunce Day!
There’s a word you don’t often hear used anymore: dunce.
I take it to mean, ‘I shouldn’t have been such a dummy.’
Or, I know better, and I still didn’t do the thing I should have to make me feel better.
In this case, as I was training for the NYC marathon, I was just skating by with all of my recovery things.
I didn’t roll frequently, I only stretched via yoga once a week, barely any fascia blasting, loaned out my lazy girl cupping thing, and relied heavily on cold showers, soccer, and my infrared sauna.
Skated.
Guess what: my knees were starting to hurt in my long runs. That is soooo annoying!!
And alarming.
Big lesson (again!) that a client of mine serendipitously reminded me.
She had a great quote that brought me back to reality, and that deep thought is in today’s video.
Duh!
I guess we ALL have things to learn (and re-learn and learn again!) as we go out and do fun fitness adventures.
Got it: big volume of training, big volume of recovery work…I have to do all the things I listed above.
Not some of them, all of them.
Don’t beat yourself up with the Dunce Cap in the corner.
Everyone learns by repetition. Especially me!
Here’s to balance, strength, and non-dunce happiness!
🙂 Laura
