Backing off on racing - 2014

After not a lot of thought (I was halfway there anyway) I decided to tone down my training and back off from races this year. I just could not get myself motivated enough to do Full Vineman or Ironman Tahoe – I could have just pulled through and finished, but decided that I just don’t want to end up with a 16+ hour Ironman. I’d rather wait for the motivation to come back and do it with some proper training and passion.  

With my mom visiting us, I took a month off from coaching and just enjoyed some time with her. I can’t remember ever taking a month off from Saturday runs…and for a change it was nice to just relax over the summer weekends. We had a trip down to L.A. to see the fireworks on the July 4^th weekend and spent some time celebrating various things with friends and just enjoyed the easy paced weekends.

With travel on our minds – we intend to make a few trips next summer and I am looking forward to those short weekend trips and longer travel vacations.

For the rest of the year, I’ll be sticking to short rides, swims and runs – still undecided on my 10^th Chicago marathon…but I may just go there and have fun.