Reset

Lots to catch up on here.  I will start by saying, that I am not really happy with myself right now, because I have not been getting my workouts done lately, none of them.

I got sick a few weeks back, and had to miss a few days & long run.  Then, we had awful weather that I was not willing to run in. the following week, and also stupidly missed days I could have run when it was gorgeous, but I didn't go for whatever lame reason.  The litany of weak excuses could go on forever, and that is what I feel like crap about - bottom line - when the workouts are important to you, you get them done, and for some reason mine just fell to the back burner.  I'm not sure why I lost all motivation - especially since I was doing so well.  Although the biggest reason is that my workout room is torn all to hell right now while it is getting redone.  I have made it a point to move everything out of the way so that workouts will start happening again regularly.

So - I'm hitting reset. I also posted pretty lofty goals about the Nueces 50k, what I was not looking at was the actual date of the race, and where I was at in relation to that.  That would have meant me starting over fresh and getting ready for a 50k (including taper) in barely 7 weeks.  I had held on to some of my base, but not nearly enough for that, especially when you consider how incredibly hard that course is.  So, I opted to move my 50k race to the following month (Hells Hills), and I will drop down to the 25k at Nueces and really concentrate on my hills and still building my base for that race. (I will be way past 25k by then, but 50k would bee too much).  Anyhow, I'm excited to at least have specific goals to train for.

A thought keeps crossing my mind, over and over for the past several weeks.  There seems to be some little voice nagging me to do a triathlon this year.  The thought of getting ready for a tri sort of terrifies me.  I have managed to be pretty mediocre at one sports discipline, and I cannot imagine having to take on 3 at once, especially since I don't have a lot of experience with cycling (like race/road cycling) and almost zero with swimming.  Maybe that's why I feel like I need to do it - to conquer a fear &/or try to break into some sort of new ground.

I do have a really nice tri bike already, that has mostly been on the trainer, although not even on that in a while. (for shaaaaame.)  I need to find a beginner tri training program that will put up with a slow old newb.



Luckily, I don't feel like I have moved backward in terms of gaining weight or losing a lot of muscle in this lazy time, but I am lamenting the amount of progress I could have made in this time with each type of workout had I not found stupid reasons to keep me from doing what I know is good for me.

Oh well, live, learn and do better.   This looks like a gorgeous weekend we have on slate, and I will be out on the trail again.