Sunday, August 28, 2011

How to get back into routine after being gone?

I'm back home after almost three weeks gone for annual Marine Corps Reserve training. I was having problems getting back into a routine in July, and that continued in August.  While I was gone, I had one good week of consistent running. I couldn't bike or swim, and I'm lucky to have run at all. The daily schedule was hard to break away from. If I don't get back into good, consistent training, I'm going to start going backwards instead of just not improving.

So, how does one go about getting back into it 100%? Right now, I can't imagine a 350 point week like I had in March or so. I can barely imagine getting in 25 miles of running and nothing else. I'd like to get back on the bike, but I think other things have priority right now.

And that's it all boils down to....priority! Once you sit down and agree with yourself and your family that a priority will be placed on triathlon time, it happens fairly easily. I haven't done that in the past couple of months since a big effort at the Pacific Crest Triathlon in June. Honestly, I have put other things at the top of the priority list, too, and I'm comfortable with it. I just wish there was more time in the day!

Along those lines of determining priority, my hopes of doing the Utah Xterra race in late September were dashed when my Marine Corps Reserve drill date got changed to that weekend. I'm kind of bummed because  I wanted to do that race and had already told myself that it was just going to be a recon race, one that I do to get the feel of it and plan a big effort for that race next year. I'm in no shape to expect good results, so the recon effort was the perfect answer. In any case, I have prioritized my drills above triathlon, so that makes that an easy change and one more thing to towards next year.

So, what do you do to break the no-training cycle and get back into it?

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