To blog, or not to blog

I've been struggling a bit with whether or not to keep this blog. I have another blog where I write about our small farm and the happenings there, but I don't really have any place where I write about my tri training or my quest for leanness. This is why I started this blog. The problem is that I go through phases where time is so incredibly limited that even though I feel like blogging, I can't find time. And then I have times like this where while I should be doing something else, I feel the need to blog to express my current frustration.

About 14 months ago, I began training for my first triathlon. I started at about 175 lbs and today I'm sitting around 152 lbs. I'd like to be closer to 130 lbs. I just can't seem to motivate myself recently. I'm still doing a decent job of getting in my running (which was my winter goal - increase my running frequency and miles) but I'm not doing much more than that. I swim about once a week and am still doing ok there as well. Cycling? Hardly. I actually rode last Saturday for the first time in AGES and found it was not only kind of hard, but that I was really sore the next day! And I really wanted to get in some good weight training in this 'off-season' and I haven't done any of that at all. Nutritionally, I'm floundering.

I have no idea what my problem is. I'm feeling an alarming lack of motivation. Luckily (?), it extends to work and other areas as well which leads me to believe that it's not related to health/fitness but more to the current state of my hormones. Ugh.

My original plan was to run until it was time to start an oly training plan (my first Olympic tri will be the end of June and that will be my 'A' race for this year). I was looking at using the 20-week plan, but the running volume is kind of low and I really don't want to lower my run volume (since my run is so weak). So what I think I might do is switch to a 16-week version. This will start with slightly higer run volumes AND, it'll give me 4 extra weeks to work on my weight training. So my goals going foward will be 1 - 2 swims per week, keep on my running schedule and focus on weight training until 16 weeks out from the Oly. I think that puts me at mid-March for begining the formal training plan which should allow some good progress on the weight training (counting on some muscle-memory here!). That should also give me plenty of volume completed before my first tri of the season which will be May 7th (Canby Gator Grinder).

So there you have it, my new plan in print. Weight training rotation, every other day running and weekly swims until 16-weeks out from my Oly tri. Now, lets put this into action...