Not that I’ve really had the opportunity to miss a workout lately (or you could say I have missed every workout … whatever) Anyway, I do have a tendency to try to make up missed workouts by doubling up or working out on a day off. My coach has said, “Don’t make up missed workouts. Just do what is on your schedule today.” Gary has an eloquent post about this on the SoCalRunning blog.
One thing I learned a long time ago about working out…you can’t make up a missed run. It has come and gone. The opportunity the chance to put on the running shoes that day came and passed like a cloud that didn’t rain. I can sit there looking up at the sky and my dry garden and piss and pout on how the cloud didn’t rain on me. How much my plants need some more rain, and how much dryer this year is than last year. That vegetables won’t be as large. Yada. Yada. Yada.
It’s worth reading the whole post. A good reminder that there are no make-ups for training … or time for our family and friends … or anything else … only missed opportunities.