A little while ago I came across this blog post, which was actually inspired by this one, and was about what your day would be like if you were independently wealthy and had no job. Obviously, the two people who wrote those posts were runners and so a large percentage of their day was taken up with running.
When I run I tend not to think of anything in particular, I just let my mind wander, but the other day I started to think – what would my day be like if I was wealthy enough not to need a job and had no desire to start one? I suppose it would be pretty similar to my day right now! Though the added security of having a bank account without a minus sign in front of the numbers would mean that I wouldn’t spend my afternoons job hunting and I could afford to join a gym, go to a pool/have a pool built in my luxury house etc.
The posts I mentioned above start their days early – one with a run at sunrise and one with a run before. While I love the idea of getting up before everyone else to get a run in before the morning rush hour, I couldn’t really do it living here. If it’s anything less than about 11 degrees (that’s about 52 in Fahreneit) then my asthma will stop me from running and, living in England, there’s a good chance that it’s going to be less than 11 degrees for at least 3 quarters of the year at sunrise. Therefore, in order for me to fully embrace the hypothetical question of what my day would be like as an independently wealthy runner then we first have to assume that I’ve taken my wealth and moved somewhere warmer (you can tell that I have a lot of time to think on runs can’t you?).
O I would get up early, have breakfast and do normal morning stuff like read the news and my e-mails.
O Go for a run once it was light but before it was busy. Morning sessions would be the hard work, so intervals, fartleks, tempo and long runs.
O Back home for a Shake, stretch and shower.
O Catch up on social networking sites and other blogs. Read, tidy, do anything that needed doing.
O Lunch. Something small coz I like to snack in the afternoon.
O Afternoons would have to be varied depending on what I felt like at the time. I’d like to say I could get some cross training in, such as some resistance work or swimming, but at my current fitness level that would have to replace one of my late afternoon runs instead. So afternoons would be spent learning new things, taking a class or picking up a new hobby. There’s a lot out there that I would like to do – learn the piano, ride a horse, do a photography class etc.
O Late afternoon run. This would be the easy run, doing whatever distance I felt like. This could be moved to after dinner if I didn’t have evening plans. Could also be replaced with swimming, cycling, weights, archery or basketball…or maybe something more adventurous – like days out rock climbing or surfing.
O Dinner. Either prepared by me during the afternoon or my nutritionist/chef :-)
O Evening at home, or out with Ally.
O Early night (and some good quality sleep!)
In depth? Yes. Too much information? Probably. Good fun? Definitely. Think about it and then either comment or repost on your own blog, I’d be interested to read it.
