T3

I call this T3...the transition that comes after T1 and T2...the after-race transition.

I am a little lost puppy without ironman training. Most of the minutes I used to devote to training are now spent at work, worrying about work, planning for work, etc... With ironman training, I would work long and hard with my job and then cut it off and train. Now I don't have the built in excuses and reasons to leave earlier or say "no" to my boss. My days are progressively creeping into my nights at the office.

I miss the balance. It is amazing how much you can make happen when you are truly limited in time. How did I do it? I woke up at 4:45 am almost every morning to work out before work. I did workouts at 7:00pm after work. I said "no" to social engagements. I said "no" to extra work. I trained long on the weekends. It worked.

Now I have a lot of extra "work"...at my real job. And a lot of extra "fluff" activities that were not a part of my training plan, such as "sip and chips" at the Mexican restaurant with my co-workers (which is tonight, BTW). :)

Dave is happy to have me around a little more. I think he was extra happy to have me cook dinner on Tuesday night. I think it is my time to give back a little bit.

But I am looking for that next challenge. I haven't found it yet, but I am ready to get one or four on my calendar. I don't think I was made to stay in T3 for very long.