Enjoying the time

While I'm waiting for my run volume to ramp back up, I'm enjoying my free time. It's winter so my bike in on my seldom used trainer. My pool is open again, but I'm only making it there a few times a week.

I'm trying to get to the gym for some weight training a few times a week to work on some muscle imbalance, and I'm enjoying the free spinning classes at work 3 to 4 times a week.

So while I'm still more active than probably the majority of North Americans, why do I feel so lazy?

Could it be because I'm logging less than 10 training hours a week when I'm used to closer to 15 or 20?

Could it be because I'm rolling out of bed at 6AM to play videogames, instead of running?

Could it be that I spend too much time on slowtwitch, or listening to triathlon podcasts with people who are training hard?

Regardless, I'm enjoying my lazy days of winter.

Reset, again?

Things have changed, yet again in the past few months. I was sidelined with another injury (my achilles this time) and decided to call it quits on my plan to run a marathon this winter and an ironman next summer.

This is actually a good decision, I think, for several reasons:

1. My wife is pregnant and due in June.
   
2. It's cold outside
3. I need to address the source of these constant injuries if I want to not only finish an Ironman, but finish well

So, I'm going to take the rest of the winter to relax, and just train for fun. I figure if I can run well for 3 or 4 months without an injury I'll be better off than if I ran hard for 2 months and injured myself again.

In the spring, I'll ramp it up and try to squeeze in a few sprint or olympic distance tris before the baby comes in june.