Travel Day Rituals

Evolution makes for interesting musing. I’m not sure when it began, or how various components joined the process, but I am sure I have travel day rituals. I hold fast to them in a manner that borders on superstitious. Oddly, I only require the regime for the first day of the trip, not on travel days that bring me home. Before each trip I follow the same routine regardless or time or other factors.

In terms of the evolution, I remember the original custom called for 30 to 33 minutes of using the NordicTrack, my sacred and initial piece of exercise equipment. Time, as it is want to do, brought about change. Now I incorporate other cardio machines into the tradition with a semi-specific timeline. I call it a 10-10-10, simply because it sounds good, but in reality it’s more like 12-12-12.

It goes like this: I get on the elliptical and after a minute or so I set a timer on my watch for 11 minutes. During this time I read the Bible followed by a short reading of a book. The next 10 minutes I run on the treadmill and increase the speed every 50 seconds until I have reached the time of 10:10 and then bring the speed back down in increments until the elapsed time reaches 12:12.

Finally, I move to the trusted and true NordicTrack. Once I get up to speed I set the watch for 11 minutes. While on the treadmill and Nordic Track I watch episodes of Married with Children. Yes, it’s true. I have an entirely different Married with Children ritual, which is another story and not Blog worthy. Once the watch rings at 11 minutes I’m good to go. Well except for the six (6) other daily “streaks” I have to complete. Those may well be Blog worthy.

Be silly. Be active. Be both.

Tom