It's been awhile to say the least, but the storm tonight knocked out the power so I've got some time.
Where to start, July is passing like a summer storm, just as it arrives its almost over. I've been in a little funk lately, I ended June and stretched into July with a vacation home to see my family and friends and spent two weeks having fun at the beach. I got to see a lot of old friends and some young ones, we broke bread and drank wine with many. My how time goes by, the kids all got bigger and smarter, wish I could stop time. My life is so good I don't want anything to change, my wife kids are wonderful and I can't imagine it any other way.
Sorry about the rambling. So I left the wife and kids at my in-laws for an extra two week of vacation and I've missed them dearly, what can I say underneath my rough exterior I'm just dad that misses his family. I pick them up at the airport tomorrow and I can't wait, 14 days is a long time without them.
My training has been a little poor after 70.3 Florida, I've been feeling a little burnt and my Thyroid has me up and down daily. The weekend I got back from vacation was the Chattanooga Waterfront triathlon, I had been looking forward to the race for weeks, but on race morning it was raining and the forecast was calling for rain all day so I pulled the plug on the race and just watched, in retrospect I wish I raced it, its been haunting me for two weeks. I wrote it off to two weeks of beer and BBQ and the fact that I didn't get many good training days in while on vacation, that coupled with the fact that I haven't been feeling too good. Deep down inside I know some of what I was feeling was race day jitters and they got the best of me. Not racing was bad, the event looked like a blast even with the rain and I know I'll be doing this race next year.
So enough crying in my beer, I'm still getting some key workouts in. The weekend was great, Saturday I got in a good swim and then rode 30 miles, Sunday was a 60 minute run, all my weekend workouts were unplugged, just enjoying the time. I'm feeling fresh and I know when I see the wife and kids tomorrow all will be as it should.
So if any of you know of a good race comming up let me know.
Ok, be good to each other and enjoy the ride.
-Brian
8 comments:
Glad to hear that you are getting to just unplug and enjoy those workouts. Enjoy seeing your family again tomorrow!
Rough exterior? If you were hairy, you'd be a big ole ewok :-)
Cohutta Springs is fun (October), and the Hiawasee Summer Sizzler is good too (Aug 2).
Enjoy life as much as you can bro! It is too freakin short :-)
It is tough to get back in the loop - I have found that even after missing a day or two, I'm feeling down in the dumps. You will feel better just getting back to it! And with the family back, well, you'll have no excuses ;).
We missed ya!
Im glad you are feeling better. There are a few sprints coming up in the area like Emerald Pointe and Tri 2 Remember.
It definitely is hard to get outta that funk once youve gotten in one.
Awww you are a big mush ;)
Glad the fam is coming home so things can get back to normal for you.
And don't rush the summer, PLEASE!!!
Must be a hot one in GA?? I wonder what it must be like to train outside this time of year in that climate.
Time seems to be standing still on your Blog! Update us!
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