24-11-2009, 09:48 PM
TheEd,
Thanks for your suggestions - have been thinking all this might still be the flu hanging around.
It feels more like that I've got into a rut of not being able to stretch myself physically, not enough to relax the mind which its used to. Its making me realise how dependant on exercise we can become - its like a drug, it is a drug!
You are right, my complaints do sound like overtraining - I think its more like overworking - I have been working very hard the last two years to get my career off the ground and over the last year I have put myself in a very tough but potentially very rewarding position to succeed and things are slowly starting to build up which is presenting me a enormous task of trying to manage all my energies - so I think my conflict lays in prioritising whats most important with regards to balancing my life.
I always thought that if I am in full swing of training my work will be in full swing which was working well up until mid-summer. However since the bathroom DIY in July the balance has tipped the other towards work and DIY at home with the running taking a back seat. However I think I've just ignore the fact that in practice something has to give. The mind is ignorant sometimes. Need to accept this, learn and move on.
Like you say got to stick at - to be honest I was looking at the new year to really get back up to speed, however I wanted to try and regain some form before Xmas - there's still time, just need to re-address this balance.
Thanks for all your support TheEd, its no-end of inspiration, onwards and upwards,
Cheers,
D
Thanks for your suggestions - have been thinking all this might still be the flu hanging around.
It feels more like that I've got into a rut of not being able to stretch myself physically, not enough to relax the mind which its used to. Its making me realise how dependant on exercise we can become - its like a drug, it is a drug!
You are right, my complaints do sound like overtraining - I think its more like overworking - I have been working very hard the last two years to get my career off the ground and over the last year I have put myself in a very tough but potentially very rewarding position to succeed and things are slowly starting to build up which is presenting me a enormous task of trying to manage all my energies - so I think my conflict lays in prioritising whats most important with regards to balancing my life.
I always thought that if I am in full swing of training my work will be in full swing which was working well up until mid-summer. However since the bathroom DIY in July the balance has tipped the other towards work and DIY at home with the running taking a back seat. However I think I've just ignore the fact that in practice something has to give. The mind is ignorant sometimes. Need to accept this, learn and move on.
Like you say got to stick at - to be honest I was looking at the new year to really get back up to speed, however I wanted to try and regain some form before Xmas - there's still time, just need to re-address this balance.
Thanks for all your support TheEd, its no-end of inspiration, onwards and upwards,
Cheers,
D