1. A hotel towel can take the place of the Pilates mat you didn’t pack. Do not touch the carpeting. There is a reason hotels choose dark, loud patterns; unimaginable stains are hidden on that floor pelt of filth.
2. You can adamantly intend to do a ride on a bike in the hotel’s fitness center as much as your little cyclist heart desires, but if there is no bike in that fitness center, you’re still screwed.
3. Bring snacks. Normal people who are not training eat three meals a day, not eight, so conference schedules are built around that structure. If you do not bring extra food, you will be stuck waiting hours between scheduled meals and will end up wanting to eat PowerPoint slide printouts or worse, the things office people believe constitute actual food (donuts, Peeps, Doritos, etc).
4. Practice shamelessness. Normal people do not drink 100 ounces of water a day and do not need to excuse themselves from meetings hourly to pee. Normal people do not pull out carrots, crackers, apples, etc. in the middle of a working session to loudly fuel their bodies. Whatever; normal people don’t have to race Black Hills in a few weeks. Just go for it.
5. Breathe. There is only so much control you can have over the situation. If you are on a business trip, chances are you are working because you need a job. For the duration of the trip, be on the trip, take a deep breath, and don’t stress about what training you’re not doing. The bike will be there when you get back.
What’s wrong with donuts?!?
They have NO nutritional value and are all fluff. You should at least have something of substance, like a cupcake or an ice cream sundae.
I know, but they are SOOO tasty. That said, I may consider trading for cupcakes, ice cream of any kind and, specially, Ky’s olive oil cake 🙂
I was advised many years ago never to lay ON the bedspread/comforter, as they change sheets between guests but generally don’t do so with the comforter…