The end of my first full week of law school is drawing near and I'm exhausted. I'm hoping its just because this is all so new and will get better. My somewhat erratic sleep schedule this week hasn't helped (I've desperatly needed a nap every afternoon which has made it very hard to sleep at night). I'm definitly looking forward to the weekend. But I've got two more days to get through first.
I'm aching at the moment to get on my bike... any bike... and go for a ride. The trails are slushy thanks to this monsoon season we seem to be in. But the road would do. My knee feels about a jillion times better than it did at the end of last season, and running doesn't hurt it at all but the biking still makes it sore.
I've managed to go for short runs and lift or do yoga every day this week which I'm pretty proud of. But I'm already starting to feel like an out of shape slug. I miss feeling like an athlete. Its funny, because after Ironman Wisconsin 2002, I was forced to take 2 or 3 months off from EVERYTHING because my knee was so sore, and after Lake Placid I only took a couple weeks off and then started running again, so why do I feel so out of it? I think it may have something to do with the fact that for the first time in three years, I don't have an Ironman, or any race for that matter that I'm signed up for in the future.
I was considering an off-road du at the end of September but the knee doesn't quite seem to be cooperating, so I guess my off-road multisport debut will have to wait till next year. Whats most likely is that I will sign up for either the Kansas City Marathon or a trail 50k at the end of November. Both are good motivation to get my ass back in gear (hopefully still having a large endurace base from IM training).