{"id":855,"date":"2012-10-17T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=855"},"modified":"2012-10-11T09:21:03","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T13:21:03","slug":"ups-and-downs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/17\/ups-and-downs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ups and Downs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Race training comes with a lot of emotional ups and downs, and I think I’m in one of those downs right now.\u00a0 I’m just struggling a bit with motivation.\u00a0 I want it, don’t get me wrong.\u00a0 But finding the motivation to get out there and train is tough.\u00a0 I know I should be doing more, but I feel like right now, I’m doing the bare minimum.<\/p>\n

I can’t let it get to me though.\u00a0 My bare minimum is way more than many other people’s bare minimum.\u00a0 And at least I’m doing something.\u00a0 I just have to get out there and work through this slump.<\/p>\n

I’m sure part of it is just life.\u00a0 This week and next are insanely busy.\u00a0 Fun, but busy.\u00a0 And I spent two of the last four weekends out of town.\u00a0 I just haven’t had a lot of of downtime, and I think that’s starting to affect me.<\/p>\n

So I’m just going to keep on keeping on and know that this down will soon turn back into an up.<\/p>\n

Of course, then I’ll have to deal with taper madness…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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