Daz Does Tri

The struggle is real. Finally feel like I am starting again. Absolutely bottomed out in motivation and form but I have been running on - off now for a few weeks. Last week was the first week with some kind of consistency. This week the plan is to just slowly get it done and once my body starts to adapt it'll (hopefully) flow a bit again. It's amazing how you get out of good habbits and discipline so easily when you are not training and racing regularly. I have been making appalling decisions lately. Drinking to excess randomly in the week, letting my good conditioning routines slip, no weights, bad diet, bad sleep. You name it, it's been shite. Hopefully now I can start to build and get back into the groove. I had a really good 5-6 months last year when it was smooth and flowed really well. Hopefully from here I can build a nice base and start to get that back. As always phase 1 is to run, run freely and regularly with no sessions and just feel like I am ready to push on. T

So, it's been a stop - start - stop again return to running. The skinny is I'm still not quite right. I have a sore hip flexor / piriformis / hip / glute / quad etc. etc. something on my left hand side is not happy. It's not agony, it's not popped but it's simply not 100% Maybe it's covid related (consipracy theory) or just something else but it's not happening. I've basically resigned to doing lots and lots of strength work and then keeping running very basic - 60/30s and a long easy run each week.  I would say it's improving but it's a strange issue. Possibly need to get it checked out but the honest answer there is I cannot be fucked. I am old and my body does not work properly! Motivation is pretty low right now so I'll just play it by ear until it's ready to go again. So that's my status. I'm doing stuff but it's not quick and not plentiful enough to be productive. If the strength work pays off eventually it may help but