Football Epilogue

It's time. The days are short, the weather is getting colder and has been rather damp lately. My outdoor running gave way to hustling around the football field coaching up a savvy crew of 6th graders. With the season heading towards its unavoidable end, I need to find the next thing that will keep me at an adequate, if not improved, level of fitness. My intent this evening was to run up to the local YMCA , roughly five miles away, and restart my membership. The "Y" has had a host of good qualities from a large number of amenities to kid friendly activities such as swimming and a climbing wall. My main gripe with "full service" gyms is the cost. It's typically in excess of $125 for a family membership. I was thinking I would be able to whittle this down to $70ish if I just get an individual membership. Attending 12 times/month whittles that further to ~$50/month. That is a bit more manageable provided I get my 12 "swipes". My kids are now ...

I've come to the realization over the last couple of months that I had a substantial amount of workout fatigue. Not so much from working out, but from going to the discount gym and making working out an end-of-the-day priority. Frankly, I crave the amenities of a full-service gym. Namely, swimming, racquetball and free weights beyond dumbbells (the discount gym was very machine oriented, which I take to be the minimization of liability). I also recall enjoying working out on my way to work, it left me awake...or at least alert. After some shopping around I found the local YMCA   was having a special with no enrollment and the kids are free until the new year. Upon going entering the club, the ladies at front the counter even seemed to remember me with a "welcome back" and a "good to see you again". I'm hoping I'm starting to hit another stride. It will also be nice to bring the kids into the club to do some swimming and introducing them to racquetbal...