Hooray! I'm finally getting back into it...albeit very slowly! I have switched my Oly distance for Tri-ing for Children's to the super-sprint since it is what I can handle at this point
(without injuring myself again
). My aerobars are still on my bike from when I was training for a bunch of olys and my 1st half-iron
(which none are going to happen for me
). I feel odd having them on for the super-sprint. Should I take them off? It seems....like overkill. I don't think I'll be able to do more than a sprint this season. I probably shouldn't care if they stay on. Thoughts?
So, if you want to read my summer story
(aka, my mental dump
) here it is:
June 4th: last time I trained with a Donkey group...back was hurtin' a bit after a tough training week.
June 5th: Day off with little to no pain.
June 6th: 50 minute run with little pain, nap in the afternoon, back goes out barely can walk, stand, lay down, etc.
Since June 6th and up until two weeks ago
(in the midst of phys therapy
) I couldn't do anything in the way of training
(let alone "normal" living: it sucked! I kept thinking I'd be back soon, then the mental defeatism set in and it was hard to think or talk about tris let alone be at them to even get motivated. So it wasn't until mid-July that I scratched my entire season and decided to enjoy the summer as-is. I know others have had
much worse happen, and I probably shouldn't complain. But it seems on the eve of my first tri of the season I need to dump all this and think of the fun I will have and have had doing tris, the camaraderie and new people I've met, and the motivation the training and sport provides. I appreciate what I have missed, both during the injury and now that I'm slowly getting back to normal.
Hope to see many of you out at Tri-ing!
Don