Its been a long while, i have done many things and none have been recorded. 3 years is a long time to write about, during that time, i have completed 2 ironmans( 2011 and 2012), 70.3's( 2010, 2011); a long course in meta tri( 2011); 2 marathons, ultra-s; whatever.
Not too bad but after the 2012 Ironman Regensburg, everything slowed to a crawl. Sure I still rode, swam and ran but i was beginning to resent the structured training that took up all of my time; and the stress that i experienced when i miss a training slot.
After these races, i spent all of this year and last only with an occasional event and even that degenerated to nothing by this year. The fact that i developed plantar fasciitis that took 6 months to recover didn't help, as did the transition into private practice and moving house all conspired to keep all semblance of structure in training out.
This year though, i really felt my age. I really took a long time recover from a training session, i had motivational issues and i picked up a shoulder injury that till now hasn't gone away. I have lots of age lines on my face and with a thinning pate, gosh it made for an excellent paltform to wallow in some serious mudpool of self-pity.
A random watsapp from an old friend HHP perked me up. He had back surgery and was really motivated to have rehabilitation and was aiming to run the marathon again. We used to be old neighbours at school and he was the national cross country champion. I told him about my seemingly poisonous malaise and that i actually was starting to loathe the training that goes on. He put it quite in perspective and i am thankful. " racing is not about narcissm or a need to prove a point. Racing at our age would not win us any races but you will have the satisfaction of completion, the satisfaction of a quiet regimen that serves to keep you focused otherwise you will not train".
i wuoldn't say i am back to racing in a big way but i anticipate i should be racing a bit so that i can train with a purpose
Not too bad but after the 2012 Ironman Regensburg, everything slowed to a crawl. Sure I still rode, swam and ran but i was beginning to resent the structured training that took up all of my time; and the stress that i experienced when i miss a training slot.
After these races, i spent all of this year and last only with an occasional event and even that degenerated to nothing by this year. The fact that i developed plantar fasciitis that took 6 months to recover didn't help, as did the transition into private practice and moving house all conspired to keep all semblance of structure in training out.
This year though, i really felt my age. I really took a long time recover from a training session, i had motivational issues and i picked up a shoulder injury that till now hasn't gone away. I have lots of age lines on my face and with a thinning pate, gosh it made for an excellent paltform to wallow in some serious mudpool of self-pity.
A random watsapp from an old friend HHP perked me up. He had back surgery and was really motivated to have rehabilitation and was aiming to run the marathon again. We used to be old neighbours at school and he was the national cross country champion. I told him about my seemingly poisonous malaise and that i actually was starting to loathe the training that goes on. He put it quite in perspective and i am thankful. " racing is not about narcissm or a need to prove a point. Racing at our age would not win us any races but you will have the satisfaction of completion, the satisfaction of a quiet regimen that serves to keep you focused otherwise you will not train".
i wuoldn't say i am back to racing in a big way but i anticipate i should be racing a bit so that i can train with a purpose
