Bold, Bald and Beautiful: Lazy athlete

I am a relatively active person. I will have a go at just about anything. From swimming to cycling, from skating to rock climbing, from hockey to rugby. I will give it a go. I am not particularly good at any of these things, but that's fine I don't strive to be.

However whatever activity I am pursuing, I am always looking for a short cut, a cheat, a way to avoid pain or exhaustion. Take today for example, I wanted to go on a 5 km jog with a friend. We have a route which is always the right distance and reliable. However today my friend couldn't make it so I decided to go alone. So I dressed and headed out as usual. Down the cycle path, under the golf course, along the main road and back up "Cedar" via the train station. The route is so familiar that I could do it in my sleep. However today I was on my own, so what did I do?

I cheated.

I took another road and cut off the corner. Why? I don't know. I just wanted to.

As a result I jogged for 4.6 km not the usual 5.

I always do this, in my masters swimming course, I intentionally miss out one lap. At circuit training, I procrastinate in picking up the skipping rope, and usually finish a few seconds earlier. You name it, I have found a way to cheat.

Is it because I can? Is it because I am mischievous? Is it because I am exhausted? Is it because I am lazy? I don't know.

Am I the only one doing this? It seems a bit odd and I can't seem to break the pattern!

Insights anyone?

4 comments:

Anonymous19 September 2012 at 13:56
I think you are a star personally! Most of us would just stay in bed and snooze twice more:)

Lauren Kate
Dawn20 September 2012 at 10:07
I know for a fact this 'lazy athlete' side of you began when you were but a tiny tot in infant school. Surely you've not forgotten the 'sponsored walks' around the playground, during which we'd dash away from the crocodile line of good, obedient infants, into the toilets into the middle of the playground, and then 'sit out' a few laps - before rejoining them all sometime nearer the end? ;-) x x x
Anonymous20 September 2012 at 15:52
I think it because you don't like to conform and you like to find your own way in life. If someone tells you to do it one way you will do it another way - may it it is creativity?
Anonymous25 September 2012 at 21:18
I remember staying on a ski lift with you all the way up and down because it was easier to go to the bar at the bottom of the lift than ski half way down the mountain to another. Beats me why we got on the lift in the first place, other than it looked to anyone else like we were going to do some activity before we indulged in rum & hot chocolate!