Subject: RE: feeling the winter blues/burnout Cool I'm mentioned in this thread.... I hear you, but seriously weather will get warmer and you will be out there soon..hang on. Have you signed up for a race? Maybe do a 5 or 10K. I do them every 2-3 weeks and this winter have gotten faster each one and set two new PBs. I'm not really a runner but a cyclist deep down in my heart, but I like the challenge, the horn going off, pushing hard until my asthma kicks in, pushing hard to the finish and dang I feel good about what I did. Secretly I find doing speed work in 5K's so much easier than in my neighborhood..so it helps accomplish that. I've worked with a coach this is my 4th year. I remember something he said the first year that made no sense to me at the time..winter is when you get faster..summer is when you race. With races, tapering and the like, training time can be limited. After the first season with him which was okay, the next year I did so much better all because of the training I did in the off season. After that year I always look forward to winter as I know that is when I can make improvements and get faster come race day. When I started I was wicked slow and dead last at most events, now I'm not; sure I'm not a speedster, but at 46 I like knowing that I could kick my 45 year old butt and that probably I could beat myself when I was 20 playing college soccer too. I find that amazingly rewarding. Easy question..why do you like tris? Is that enough motivation to get out and train? If not you need to relook at why you do this.
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