Not unexpectedly, my training has slowed down since the birth of Charlie. I can't get up in the morning to swim, just too tired. I tried a few times, and could not get out of bed. Swam once in October at LA Fitness over lunch. Felt ok. Try to do that once a month for awhile, until he starts sleeping longer, then I might try to go back to Masters. All running, biking, and strength I have done over lunch at LA Fitness, when I have time. Doing them in 20-40 minute blocks, whatever time I can fit in over lunch that day.
I wonder if I have been suffering from some sort of chronic fatigue. Over the past year or so, I have been really tired at times, frequently. Just feeling exhausted, physically and mentally. I really don't take a break from working out throughout the year. I don't work out a lot, there are people, I know, who workout more than me, but I think they break at certain times of the year. I just go. Since Charlie has been born, I have not gotten a lot of sleep. I have been tired, but it is different than what I was feeling before.
The above two paragraphs I started writing over a week ago. I had to break and come back to writing this post. Since then I have done a bit of thinking. It looks more and more like I might not race at all next year. Just casually workout when I have time. Maybe I will try to get back to triathlon in a couple of years or so, we will see. Not that a lot of people read this blog, I use it more as a diary and to track my training and racing, but I will probably not post as often, if at all. I think I need to put less pressure on myself to do things now. Thinking about trying to train and race is stressful. I don't want to race, unless I can train appropriately. I am not a natural athlete, I can't go into a race way undertrained and expect to have a race that I am happy with, so I think the best thing to do, to avoid making me feel stressed, is just to not race, and try to be more casual about training\working out. Maybe when Charlie gets a little older, and I get more organized, I can try to go back and do some races. I feel a little sad about it, but it is not the most important thing in the world, my wife and child are the most important things in the world. Also, I need to take care of my mental and emotional health, and stressing about if I am training enough to race would not help.
Anyway, below are my usual totals. I will probably do my usual summary posts for the end of the year. Posts that summarize my performance, related to my training, and summarize the amount I raced. I have most of the data collected. I will probably do some random posts about other stuff.
Year-to-Year October Comparison
Since 2007 Totals and Averages
YTD and Since 2007 Totals
I wonder if I have been suffering from some sort of chronic fatigue. Over the past year or so, I have been really tired at times, frequently. Just feeling exhausted, physically and mentally. I really don't take a break from working out throughout the year. I don't work out a lot, there are people, I know, who workout more than me, but I think they break at certain times of the year. I just go. Since Charlie has been born, I have not gotten a lot of sleep. I have been tired, but it is different than what I was feeling before.
The above two paragraphs I started writing over a week ago. I had to break and come back to writing this post. Since then I have done a bit of thinking. It looks more and more like I might not race at all next year. Just casually workout when I have time. Maybe I will try to get back to triathlon in a couple of years or so, we will see. Not that a lot of people read this blog, I use it more as a diary and to track my training and racing, but I will probably not post as often, if at all. I think I need to put less pressure on myself to do things now. Thinking about trying to train and race is stressful. I don't want to race, unless I can train appropriately. I am not a natural athlete, I can't go into a race way undertrained and expect to have a race that I am happy with, so I think the best thing to do, to avoid making me feel stressed, is just to not race, and try to be more casual about training\working out. Maybe when Charlie gets a little older, and I get more organized, I can try to go back and do some races. I feel a little sad about it, but it is not the most important thing in the world, my wife and child are the most important things in the world. Also, I need to take care of my mental and emotional health, and stressing about if I am training enough to race would not help.
Anyway, below are my usual totals. I will probably do my usual summary posts for the end of the year. Posts that summarize my performance, related to my training, and summarize the amount I raced. I have most of the data collected. I will probably do some random posts about other stuff.
Year-to-Year October Comparison
Since 2007 Totals and Averages
YTD and Since 2007 Totals
I enjoy your blog, and understand the decision to step back. There is nothing like being a father. I wasn't active before we had kids, but after a couple kids and few years my wife I figured out the schedule so that we could get into shape. Life will slow down again, you'll be back, thanks for the read.
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ReplyDeleteWe are expecting a second child in September of this year. I am working on getting back into shape. Maybe someday. Thanks for you comments.