I’m on a downer right now.
It may have something to do with last Sunday’s run or maybe it’s a combination of everything getting the better of me. I’m not sure where I want to take my running, cycling and swimming next. I’ve decided that I’m not going to do the Gold Coast Triathlon this year. There are a number of reasons. Some are logical while others are a little bit paranoid. They add up and it just doesn’t make sense for me to do this race. I would need to fork out a few hundred dollars to cover costs of entry, new tyres, tri suit, etc, and I’m just not prepared to do that. My heart isn’t in it either which is strange cause it’s a race that I was looking forward to.
I’ve a few more running events which I’ve already signed up for and that lead up to the Gold Coast Marathon in July which I’m going to start training for next week. I’ve got a skeleton program that I’ve been working on for the past few weeks and it’s almost to my satisfaction. Then there’s Canberra 70.3 at the end of the year which I will concentrate on after July.
I think the two big races and a few mini ones throughout the year is going to be enough. I kind of feel like shit about not doing the GC Tri, as well as the uncertainty I feel on the place triathlon will play in my life in the future, but that’s the way it’s got to be. I have to prioritise, and more importantly, listen to my body and my gut. I still would like to do one or two each year but I don’t want them to be the same ones in the same locations.
Overcommitment is another issue. Doing too much is not healthy, and that’s exactly what I’m trying to do. At work we have Corporate Games in May and while I really really want to participate in the Touch Football I won’t as I have two 10km races that month planned and it’s going to be halfway through my marathon training. If I were to get injured in a game of touch (which is very likely) I would be devastated. I almost signed up today but realised it doesn’t fit in with the overall picture for this year.
I picked up my new Fitness First membership today so I’m good to go. Now I can train at lunchtime at the one near my work and use the pool at the one near where I live. No more excuses for not jumping in the pool or fitting in a workout – there are three slots now – morning, noon and night. I’m going to have to make the most of all of them if I keep up the chocolate bar per day habit, or in today’s case two. What can I say I craved comfort food.
Now that I’ve prioritised the races for the year, it’s also time to prioritise other things in life, get rid of distractions, put a smile on my face, and work towards achieving the goals that have been set. No one ever said being ambitious was easy – sometimes it takes hard work to get things done, and there are going to be down days and even down weeks just like this one. There’s a reason for this and usually it means something is off. We fix it and we carry on.
On the plus side I managed 3 sets of 2 pull ups today. Yay! Another step closer to making a set of fifteen.
