A week ago today I arrived home from a wonderful interlude of 82-degree days in Florida in the company of friends. I've been thinking about what it was about those days that made them so memorable, so pleasant and prized. I was looking for something I hadn't thought about before.
From the moment I stepped out of the terminal in West Palm Beach, I felt the warmth and began peeling off layers of clothing. That was for starters. It felt good...even great! Being in the company of friends generates the warmth that comforts the soul. I had that in generous measure as well and I loved it.
This morning while doing intervals on the elliptical machine, it occurred to me that a few days in Florida, in the midst of winter, is like a rest interval (for recovery) in interval training. Interval training is a means of supercharging one's fitness activity, moving it from merely aerobic to something more.
In interval training, activity of high intensity for a period of time is followed by low intensity activity. The rest interval makes it possible to resume activity at high intensity.
This line of thinking has delivered an epiphany, that thing I hadn't thought before: If I'm to maximize the R&R of Florida, I may want to pick up the pace here!
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