Winter Slump
Monday, January 11th, 2010
I promised myself that when documenting this whole ironman journey thing, that I wouldn’t just blog about the good stuff.
Right now, I’m stuck in one of those “other” parts.
It is only January! I feel like I’m in a slump before I even started! My training has been struggling to take off. Between the freezing cold, and being dark when I leave for work and when I get home, I’m in a funk. F-U-N-K. Funk.
I have even been having trouble sleeping lately. Normally, I’m a sleeping champion. Like the kind of sleeper whose head hits the pillow and immediately dozes off into dream land? Now, not so much. Waking up in the middle of the night to stress about random things that don’t deserve losing sleep over is NOT something that I’m used to.
But the thing is that when I do get myself out and training, I feel great. I’m hitting my zones, feeling strong and just cruising. I even had fun during a 1:30 trainer session and 1 mile brick run this weekend. I have no idea why, but it was probably the most fun I’ve ever had on the trainer. Now If I can just figure out how to keep it up, I’ll be SOLID come spring.
So I guess my main problem is just getting off my lazy rump and getting my shoes on and working up a sweat. Once I am there, I’m golden. At least The days are getting warmer and longer from here on out. (or at least that is what the calendar tells me…)
Category : Ironman, Spinning, Training Log, Triathlon
Tags: ironman training, training slump
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I appreciate you keepin' it real. We've all been there fo sho.
Funkmeister, it's totally, totally normal this time of year to get in a training funk of sorts. Darkness prevails, it's harder to get up in the morning, and the cold robs us blind of motivation. I have found the best way to stave it off is to… do what you're having trouble with… sleep. Get more sleep. Get to bed early. No caffeine after, say, 2 pm. Read a book or watch TV, then crash. Don't fight it, or it gets worse. Try to work through it, like you would a rough path in a race. You'll emerge nicely. And from your symptoms (tough to get going but energy good when you do), that's all it is… a mild routine winter funk.
I hate those dark cold mornings too. It'll pickup soon and you'll be ready to really kick it in gear for the spring.
i feel the SAME way. although when i do workout, i suck REALLY really really bad.
I think you've got it figured out…ignore how you feel until you get out there…by that time you are golden. Don't worry, the funk will fade!!