I can’t believe the first half chunk of this year has
passed! Do you still faithfully keep at
your new-year resolutions? Do some of you even remember what the resolutions
are? Well….according to my conjecture,
quite a lot of you out there have been gradually negligent towards your goals
or objects of the year 2016. Alright, let us just drop such a punctilious attitude. If your new-year
resolutions were realistic and viable
enough or a true keeper, they must
still have been achieved by you on a daily basis. If they were no more than a
creation of ‘demonstration effect’,
they must have long been a history by now.
As
for me, the new-year resolutions are as follows:
1.
“I would like to boost my VO2 max this
year”
2.
“I will add relaxing yoga classes to help
ease muscle pains”
3.
“I will resist the urge to run more each
day just for the sake of injury prevention”
On
number 1, I tried several times of the VO2 max interval training by myself, but
it was harder than I had expected. So the resolution # 1 fizzled out over time.
Number
2 was half successful since I have been in relaxing yoga classes at least once
or twice a week. However, I often skipped the yoga sessions, because my
stubborn post-run fatigue would make me listless.
As
for number 3, yes, I’d like to say I have abided
by the rule of thumb before the daily hard trainings start to feel like a sockdolager on my pulled muscles!
Although it makes me somewhat incomplete on the day that I skipped running, it
is mostly a wise decision not to go out for a run when I am suffering from
injuries or much too achy muscles.
How
about you all? As I mentioned in my previous write-up on the new-year
resolutions here in my blog, do not despair! If your decision cannot last more
than three days, then let us just repeat the three-day resolutions over and
over again! Then one day you’ll find yourself on the final month of this year
doing the half-yearly check of your resolutions once again.
Expressions
to keep at:
(verb) to continue doing something even if you want to stop
conjecture:
(noun) guesswork
punctilious:
(adjective) strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities
of conduct or actions.
viable:
(adjective) practicable or workable
keeper:
(noun) something worth keeping
demonstration effect:
(noun) the theory that people buy products to impress or stay on the same level
as their neighbors
fizzle out:
(verb) to fail ignominiously after a good start
listless:
(adjective) having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid;
spiritless; indifferent
abide by…:
(verb) to continue in a particular condition, attitude, relationship, etc.
sockdolager:
(noun) something unusually large and heavy/ a forceful and finishing blow
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