The Season That Isn't Happening

This season seemed over almost before it started.  No I didn't get injured, instead I got burnt-out.  I have zero motivation to do any type of training.  It's not the lack of motivation that can sneak-up on you a few times during the season, It's different than that.  I just don't want to train at all.  ALL my training metrics are down and not down by a little, by A LOT. 

Sport          Hours           Distance

Swim          -154%            -63%
Bike           +17%             +5%
Run            -14%             -16%
MTB           -40%             -43%
Strength     -31%

I've made the executive decision to pull in the reins on this season.  I know I had plans to do a full Ironman but unless my training picks up and picks up by a lot, that just isn't happening.  I think after last years intense schedule I'm just burnt-out on the whole process.  I'm tired all the time, I'm not really having fun in the pool, although I do enjoy running and biking still.  Thus maybe a slow year is something I need.  Instead of a full Ironman, I'll take another swing at Steelhead Ironman 70.3.  That race SUCKED last year so maybe I go hard after a PR in that race.

The races I have done I really enjoyed.  Lowell 50 was a 35-mile race that was a fun. It's much like the Barry-Roubaix, which was also a nice race this year.  I then moved on to River Bank Run 25k and i'm really happy with how the first 20k went.  Unfortunately it was a 25k race, thus the remaining portion was very very tough.  Then a couple weekends ago I did the Yankee Spring TT.  That was a last minute addition.  I'm really happy with my performance despite not training for MTB intensity.  I train for endurance not short anaerobic races.  My avg. speed at that race was higher than previous years but tough to gauge time since the trail has changed slightly and they added a new segment for the race.

I'm not really sure where my race season is going to go, but I'll make one last hard push at training and see how that turns out. Maybe it will kick-start something, Maybe it will confirm I need to a slow year.