Some red on the chart

As I've mentioned here before, I'm using a spreadsheet to track various metrics in my life; weight, pages read, exercises, etc. I didn't expect that it would be perfect right out of the gate, and I've already made come changes. I also set up a few color changes; red meaning that I had failed to achieve some metric for the day that I have deemed particularly important. If I go months and months with no reds, that means my goals are probably set too low. But I had a few reds the other day; water consumer, pages read, and spanish learned. Frankly, because I fell asleep early. Just another reason to get as much done as possible early in the day.

Yesterday, I had my first brick commute. I biked over 22 kilometers to a park, where I transitioned to running (over the course of about twelve minutes), and ran just shy of 5 kilometers to work. The transition could obviously improve, but to be fair it was raining and I also had a backpack with work clothing and a few other things. Overall, I'm quite pleased.

Work has again made my exercise schedule somewhat unworkable. I've still got a run and a swim to do this week, but it's unwise to do both in one day, and I only have today left in the week. Given my performance yesterday, I think I'll try to go for the swim. Perhaps I should use my other wetsuit and see if it still chafes the back of my neck. Or I may try taping my neck with medical tape of some kind. Anyway, I think I would still keep swimming even if the chafing never got better.

This exercise thing is starting to take up a lot of my time. Not just with exercising, but with trips to and from the ocean, planning, doing extra laundry, and the like. I'm also buying things; gloves and booties to keep my hands and feet warm in the ocean, a dry bag, a swim float, goggles, etc. etc. etc. I have a goal that I want to achieve, and I will achieve it, but I also don't want to have a home full of accumulated exercise equipment. I find myself slipping into wearing clothing I would previously have only considered exercise clothing during common daily activities; for example, I almost never wear socks except feetures running socks. I've seriously considered getting rid of my bathrobe if I end up getting a swimrobe.

I wonder what the best method is for staying in shape with minimal gear in all weather. Body weight training and barefoot running are all fine and well, but only an idiot would run barefoot year-round around here.