Feeling a little funky… and not in a good way!

If it was some deep soulful bass riffs pounding through my head… maybe a little Bootsy Collins or maybe some Miles Davis, that would be cool… but nah, it’s something else… something that makes me feel like saying “wah wah”. I’ve been in a funk the last couple days. Maybe it’s stress… probably… maybe I’m coming down with something… let’s hope not… maybe it’s over training… I don’t think so, but then again denial is the first sign of over training… hmmm… so what do you do, when you’re in the middle of a big training week and you feel blah?

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Wow, you exercise a lot! (or… How I stopped thinking of exercise as a chore.)

I’ve seen a couple of posts lately and had a couple of conversations lately that got me thinking about how much I exercise, and what it is that makes someone think about exercise as a chore vs. something they look forward to. Now, mind you, I recognize that my exercise schedule is probably pretty hard to believe for must people. We all live busy lives and so the idea of spending 12 hours or more per week doing exercise sounds like a lot. Even to me, when I write that down on paper, it looks like a lot of time… but when I’m doing it, or even when I’m planning my week or my day, it really doesn’t seem like a lot. Why is that?

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Week 10 Report

I know my blogging has been very slim lately. It’s interesting that maybe a bunch of us have reached that point in the year when many people abandon the promises they made at the new year. I don’t want to be one of those people… so I will redouble my efforts to continue to blog. The good news is that I haven’t slowed in my training, in fact I’m on pace. But I’ve increased the amount of work I’ve been doing, and so blogging has taken a back seat. Anyway… on to my weekly report (for last Mon-Sun).

Last week was week 1 of my Base-2 block. The plan was to complete 12.5 hours of training, at moderate intensity level. I planned to divide my effort at roughly 40/20/20/20-Bike/swim/run/other. But I am not that structured in my weekly routines so I end up with whatever I end up with. Also, as I mentioned the weather and an unexpected shopping trip on Saturday changed my plans around a bit. I try to keep a pretty open mind about what training I do, so that I’m not frustrated or disappointed when unexpected things prevent me from getting in specific workouts. This week, that flexibility paid off, since although I got in the time, I didn’t have the original distribution I expected.

Details follow…

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Not much posting, but… lots of exercise.

I just realized that seeing how it’s the first week and a half of March, it’s interesting that my posting frequency has dropped off so significantly. I’ve still been exercising, and doing a lot of work, so the blog has taken a hit and I’ve neglected it. The funny thing is I have about a half a dozen posts I want to write. But I haven’t gotten around to it, and as the time passes some seem less relevant.

Here’s a quick summary…
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