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2009-07-04 10:56 PM |
Expert 658 | Subject: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night I've got several 21st birthday parties and my Dad's 50th birthday coming up in the next month or two. I've been to a 21st birthday about 2 weeks ago and was too tired to train all of Sunday. I'm not really keen on going to these parties at all as I've got into the habit of going to bed early and am starting to hate late nights. What should I do? I don't want to seem like a bad friend to these guys, because they are some of my best friends etc. What have you done in the past? |
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2009-07-04 11:00 PM in reply to: #2262208 |
Member 74 | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night Live your life, have fun, dont give up your friends... one day of training can wait... or just push it till the afternoon... thats what i usually do |
2009-07-04 11:34 PM in reply to: #2262208 |
Expert 773 | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night I absolutely agree. The road will be always be there, but your friends won't. Take advantage of the time you can spend with them and cherish the moments. Although it was many many many moons ago, I remember my 18th birthday. (Back then the drinking age was 18 - similar to a 21st birthday nowadays). It was a pretty important milestone and I was glad to share it with all my friends. Perhaps take a nap in the afternoon, go to the party, drink responsibly (or don't drink at all if you don't want to), and have a good time.
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2009-07-05 12:10 AM in reply to: #2262238 |
Champion 5781 Northridge, California | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night crazylegs - 2009-07-04 9:34 PM I absolutely agree. The road will be always be there, but your friends won't. Take advantage of the time you can spend with them and cherish the moments. Although it was many many many moons ago, I remember my 18th birthday. (Back then the drinking age was 18 - similar to a 21st birthday nowadays). It was a pretty important milestone and I was glad to share it with all my friends. Perhaps take a nap in the afternoon, go to the party, drink responsibly (or don't drink at all if you don't want to), and have a good time. ^^^ This option is often overlooked. Just because you go to a party doesn't mean you have to A) stay out all night or B) drink so much alcohol that you can't function in the morning. My wife and I do sometimes make our excuses at parties and are among the first to leave if we know we are committed to serious training in the AM. My attitude is that training is also fun and that friends who might pass judgment on us for budgeting our free time to accomodate both fitness and social activities just might not really the best of friends in the long run. YMMV. |
2009-07-05 12:19 AM in reply to: #2262208 |
Expert 658 | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night I don't drink at all, it's just that staying up 6 or 7 hours past my normal bed time takes its toll. |
2009-07-05 7:37 AM in reply to: #2262263 |
Pro 6011 Camp Hill, Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night supa-powa - 2009-07-05 1:19 AM I don't drink at all, it's just that staying up 6 or 7 hours past my normal bed time takes its toll. 6 or 7 hours?! Do you normally go to bed at 6:00 in the evening, or are you staying out until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m when you go to a party? If it's the later, just start exercising your option to leave a party earlier. There's nothing wrong with leaving a party at midnight so you can still get in adequate sleep to train the next day. If you're like most of us, you probably don't sleep much the night before a race because of nerves. If being up late results in being unable to train the next day, how do you handle races? |
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2009-07-05 8:09 AM in reply to: #2262208 |
Master 1702 Southern Ontario | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night Enjoy yourself and go out. I often cut back on the drinking - but even the late nights will kick me in the butt sometimes. My friends know that I will come out and party - but that by 11-12 I'm leaving because "I'm training for a HIM you know". It's a compromise for me - I need to be in bed early - I need a lot of sleep in general.... I find one night of going to bed late makes training a little tougher - and I love running off a hangover... I'm strange. |
2009-07-05 8:27 AM in reply to: #2262208 |
Master 1572 PA | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night Is it possible to shift your training schedule around so Sunday is your recovery day? Probably the ideal scenario. Or I agree with others, call it a night a little earlier. Like only stay out till 1 or 2am instead? |
2009-07-05 9:03 AM in reply to: #2262208 |
Champion 6539 South Jersey | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night For special occasions - bachelorette parties, weddings, significant bdays, welcome home, etc. - I do my best to hang. Typically, I know about these celebrations well enough in advance that I can plan my training around them (i.e., do my long session on Saturday morning, so that Sunday can be a rest day or an easy day). That said, my friends know the importance of training to me (especially like during an IM season, this season, training isn't a priority) and are cool with me leaving early. To be honest, I start to become rather "unfun" when it starts to get late in the 9 o'clock hour anyway, so I don't think anyone misses me much . When it's just a night out with friends, I'll almost always drive myself and just leave early. When we do dinner or a comedy club or something in the city, and then everyone goes to a bar/club afterwards, I'll just leave and go home. |
2009-07-05 9:07 AM in reply to: #2262208 |
Master 1952 Guelph, Ontario | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night If these are good friends they will understand that triathlons are a big thing for you and be happy for you. You can still go to the parties just take it easier and leave a little earlier. My extended family understands that I don't party as hard as I used to because I prefer 1) being very healthy 2) being in good shape and 3) don't like the hangovers. They still do their thing at parties. Actually I have become something of a DD when we are out. |
2009-07-05 9:19 AM in reply to: #2262208 |
Elite 2998 Fishers, Indiana | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night The take a nap option helps. I wish I could nap better, but lately, after a long, tiring day at work to include morning workouts, 20 mins has revitalized my body for an evening workout. Lots of great things already listed above...enjoy your friends, determine the balance--both in how much time and how much beverage of what type--you think works best for you. Watch the caffiene at parties in the evening too, cause that can keep you up even later than you intended. Thankfully for me, most of the friends I do things with now are triathletes and we're all ready to finish up at 9PM anyhow! |
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2009-07-05 9:23 AM in reply to: #2262209 |
Pro 4311 Texas | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night Trailuser - 2009-07-04 11:00 PM Live your life, have fun, dont give up your friends... one day of training can wait... or just push it till the afternoon... thats what i usually do If he lives in Texas, it's too d*mn hot to do workouts in the afternoon if you can avoid it. If he's somewhere like Seattle, that option becomes a lot more tenable. I'd say make an appearance, hang out for awhile, then book it home early so you can still get your workout in. If these are close friends, they should be happy you made the effort to come by rather than focusing on you leaving early imo. |
2009-07-05 9:23 AM in reply to: #2262208 |
Pro 4608 Brooklyn, NY | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night You should go, friends are important. Drink a glass of water for each drink you have and just limit the drinks. Sleep a little later on Sunday and train in the afternoon if you have to. I've done long runs as late as 3 or 4 to compensate for going out with friends. |
2009-07-05 10:04 AM in reply to: #2262208 |
Science Nerd 28760 Redwood City, California | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night You can go and not drink very much. I also tend to leave parties early when I have training/races the next morning. I do try to re-arrange things as much as possible so that there's little conflict, but sometimes it doesn't work. You can make both of them work. |
2009-07-05 3:07 PM in reply to: #2262208 |
Expert 658 | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night Cool thanks, making Sunday my rest day may be a very good option to use, then I don't feel guilty when I don't train on the Sunday. |
2009-07-05 3:25 PM in reply to: #2262208 |
Pro 5169 Burbs | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night 1. I don't drink at all (if I have a long ride or run the next morning) ... or nurse 1-2 drinks all night... if you feel weird not holding a drink (or people are riding your a** for not drinking) ... get soda water or soda. 2. Leave early-ish ... trust me, the birthday girl/ boy turning 21 isn't going to remember if you were there at 3 am |
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2009-07-05 5:56 PM in reply to: #2262932 |
Extreme Veteran 604 Carrollton, Virginia | Subject: RE: Early Morning Sunday Trainings and Parties on Saturday Night trishie - 2009-07-05 3:25 PM1. I don't drink at all (if I have a long ride or run the next morning) ... or nurse 1-2 drinks all night... if you feel weird not holding a drink (or people are riding your a** for not drinking) ... get soda water or soda. You nailed it. Exactly what I do for most parties and for business dinners - soda water. a) most people don't know you aren't even drinking (why they care is beyond me.. but some people do)b) the people that do know, generally also know what your priorities areI made 1 exception this season so far, and I had to fly to another city for the bachelor party, so my schedule was wacky to begin with. But otherwise, I'm home by 1am AT THE LATEST and have had *maybe* 2 drinks.2. Leave early-ish ... trust me, the birthday girl/ boy turning 21 isn't going to remember if you were there at 3 am |
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