My kingdom for good hair…
The biggest training challenge of this week?
How to fit in my weekly sessions and leave 48 hours free for my hair to recover from the salon.
Go ahead…laugh. Dozens have.
But this was actually a very strategic training/worklife balance move on my part. I have quite thick, flyaway, and now quite long, hair. Its red, there is lots of it, and it takes forever to get organised in the morning. In addition, it doesn’t like chlorine very much and as a result, its looking even worse than usual.
Solution. Chemical, semi-permanent straightening. I’ve had it done twice before and its bliss. Smooth, silky hair that doesn’t take but a second to do in the morning. You can even leave it wet and it dries straight and professional-looking. Lets not forget that I need to look smart on the job! This means on swim squad mornings (which are a real organisational challenge) I would buy myself an extra 30 minutes. Any solution that is going to achieve that result is a must!
So it had been well over a year, and the finances finally allowed a serious session at the hairdressers. It would also mean three hours peace and quiet away from the boys on a Saturday, so naturally I jumped at the chance.
But, and herein lies the challenge, you can’t wet it, tie it up, put a hat (or helmet) on it, or tuck it behind the ears for 48 hours.
You guessed it, this means: no swimming laps, no riding bike, no running (because to leave it down would drive me insane and get very messy). So part of the challenge this week was managing to fit everything in so that I could have 48 hours without training in order to get my hair sorted. And I did. Who would have thought that a haircut could provide such inspiration!
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