Opt Out October...Opt Out Of ...?

RUN 6.5 miles in 1:06:31 

SWIM 600 yards, this time it included 6x25 fast and more kick sets    

FULL MOON run! When EW and BE and I started it was setting in the west, a large silver disk in a light haze. Beauty. BE said that a song called Moon Dance (they sang some of it, I recognized) played on his CD player as he drove to the park. Great run, perfect all around. EW left after the zoo, the sun came up behind the "asparagus building" (as BE calls the ugly new apartment building along Kingshwy) and we finished up 1 minute faster than last week. I'm feeling some sciatic type niggles in both legs, and tightness that I need to focus on. I'm also now doing PT type stuff, so I'm adding a lot here, and gotta just let myself rest. Tomorrow. 

The new garmin is wonderful, but I'm watching it for cadence lock. I'm suspicious. EW and BE got their giggles in about me and LA having matching Garmins. He drives to STL today, I just got tracking info as he's leaving AA! 

Then to further my morning wins, I made it to the pool and got my 600 yards in. It's kinda frustrating that I'm still swimming "only" 600-700 yards/swim this week, but let's review the past month, yardage per week starting on Sept 2nd: 920 yards (2) (includes race), 700 (1), 800 (1), 2800 (3), 2100 (3). Whoa!!! Really?! Let's add frequency in (). WHOA!!  Hey come'on, give yourself some credit here, and a HIVE-FIVE!! Keep it up, but don't get injured by building too fast.

Also, the garmin is nailing the swims. It doesn't detect my kick sets, I think there's a drill mode I should learn more about. During the swim, I think it's off a little bit but in the end it's correct as per my training plan notes. 

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I woke up with plans in place to make this October special, as I usually do for October. Opt Out is the usual -- in which I Opt Out of the internets like Dumb surfing, youtube, reddit, and next door. But as of now, I'm nextdoor and reddit free, dumb surfing is super minimum, and youtube is my only internet vice. And that's mostly at work. 

So what can I opt out of this month? Been thinking, I have a few ideas.

1. Opt out of Monster. Nuff said. I crashed hard with it this past weekend with Sunday/Monday feeling  like a free fall. Now Tuesday was 1 item, Wednesday was 0 item, and now today Thursday let's get this cleaned up. 

2. Focus on real meals. Been wanting this - real meals that I sit down to and enjoy. Not random grabs that aren't satisfying or are eaten too fast. 

3. Reasonable daily plan. No more over-planning rigid must-do days. Day by day, continue with the index card notes with 8 goals for the day. 

Overall, I think this means to Opt Out of STRESS. M stresses me. Hurrying through meals, and having all these rules to follow -- all stress. So let's make it an Opt Out of Stress Month.