Weakend Workout

Yes, WEAKend.

Our Tri Team had our final dress rehearsal for the Nautica Malibu Triathlon on Saturday. (1/2 mile open-ocean swim, 18-mile bike, 4-mile run.) Friday night, I loaded up my car with my wetsuit, bike and running shoes. Woke up Saturday morning at 6:30 am, drove about an hour to get to Malibu. Got out of my car and said "I don't want to swim." I just didn't want to. I didn't feel like climbing into the wetsuit and having to stretch and go fight the waves. So I skipped the swim and took pictures of the rest of the team jumping into the water instead. I got back to my car and said "I don't want to bike." I just didn't want to. I didn't feel like fighting the wind or climbing the hills. So I skipped the bike. I did finally force myself to do the run.

Last night we had a run after work. I got stuck in a meeting that ran late so I couldn't make it in time for the workout. You would think that I could have just gone out on my own. But instead, I was kind of bummed that I haven't been training and went home and ate some peanut butter. A LOT of peanut butter.

Basically I'm stuck in the post-Ironman blahs. I don't like training. I don't like NOT training. I admit I feel an unhealthy sense of entitlement: "I gave up 6 months of my life training for Ironman, so if I want to sleep in or skip a workout, I deserve to." Unfortunately, it's a dangerous cycle. I don't train, which makes me feel sad and guilty, so I eat, which makes me not feel like training...

Why can't our Tri Team completely disband, stop doing workouts all-together so we can just hang out and go to movies and do all of the fun stuff? That would be awesome.