{"id":1310,"date":"2013-02-01T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2013-01-31T07:51:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T12:51:16","slug":"too-much-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/01\/too-much-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Much Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I was doing laundry this week, I realized that I haven&#8217;t washed workout gear since before the marathon.<\/p>\n<p>And I haven&#8217;t noticed that I&#8217;m running out.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, this is an indication that I have way too much workout gear and that I should pare down. \u00a0Of course, then I would have to do laundry more often.<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, I haven&#8217;t been working out as much as I should. \u00a0I took a bunch of rest days after the marathon (which is something that I should have done) and I&#8217;m still easing back into the rest. \u00a0Also, I&#8217;m picking up biking and swimming, which involves different gear (well, I bike in my running shirts when I&#8217;m on the trainer since I don&#8217;t need the pockets).<\/p>\n<p>But I feel like my drawer of running shirts is still fairly full. \u00a0This is partly a result of racing &#8211; all those race shirts really start to add up. \u00a0I&#8217;ve already pulled out the ones I never wear, but everything else ultimately ends up in rotation. \u00a0Clearly, I can pare down again. \u00a0I&#8217;m not getting rid of them &#8211; rather, I&#8217;m keeping them in a box for this hypothetical t-shirt quilt I will someday make. \u00a0When I learn to sew. \u00a0I&#8217;m excellent at making big plans, you see.<\/p>\n<p>So maybe I should go through my gear and see if anything needs to be tossed.<\/p>\n<p>Of course then I&#8217;ll have to do laundry more often.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I was doing laundry this week, I realized that I haven&#8217;t washed workout gear since before the marathon. 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