Quick update
I have been feeling rather slow and out of it lately. I did manage to complete my half marathon (race update will appear soon), but I have been feeling rather lethargic ever since. I’m hoping that it’s just end of year blues, because if I stay like this much longer, I’m going to drive myself crazy!
I was doing really well with my weight loss, and then after the week of carboloading before the race, I seem to have forgotten to be good again – and with Christmas just around the corner, I’m going to have to make a concerted effort to manage my food over the next few weeks so that I don’t start the year depressed again.
I am starting to worry about the triathlon that I have entered this Saturday!! I am confident that I will manage the swim leg (800m) without too many hassles, and the run leg (10km) should also not be a problem. The cycle leg (30km) on the other hand… I have barely been on my bicycle lately (I’ve been doing some spinning, but it’s not really the same), and I am concerned about how tired I will be after the cycle leg, before I begin the run leg. If any of you have any suggestions on how I can get over this fear/stress, please let me know.
I think that some of the lethargy is simply because I am short of sleep and simply feeling run down. I’m sure that after 2 weeks off over Christmas, I will be relaxed and recharged. I am definitely looking forward to spending time with my friends and family, without too many plans. I will be doing some training because by the time Christmas rolls around, I will be starting to train for a 100km cycle race which I have already entered. I have decided that I am not going to repeat the fiasco that was this year’s race – I neglected to train, and instead of the race taking me 5 hours, I ended up cycling for 7 hours!!!! There will be more detail on my training as the schedule begins. I am hoping to keep running through my cycling training (cross training is good, right?) – M and I will try to do one or two short distance races between now and March. M is starting to run, and I would like to support him, as he has always been very supportive of my sport.
In other news, I am wanting to start taking more photos. I think that I may challenge myself to taking 52 good photos in 2011 (I keep seeing 365 challenges, but I know that that is unrealistic for me, I think that one a week is probably more achievable).
