As long as the training isn’t killing you try to keep it up and just hope for the best. Also give yourself a break. If you really don’t want to train on any given day either back off teh workout or can it. Your a great athlete and some extra race days isn’t going to take that away.

Hope you start feeling it soon, but if not that’s okay too!

I ended suffering through a marathon that I didn’t really care about and didn’t really train well for.

I say it’s okay to reassess you’re desire, and goals as you go along just as you would your training program. If you want to try to get the fire back maybe volunteer for a tri that your not doing. Whenever I’m cheering on friends/family at a tri or a run it gets me fired up.

I suffering from the same thing (sort of) and there isn’t anything to do but hit that first event and hope those feelings change from blah to rah!

For what it’s worth, priorities change. I have the attention span of a three-year-old (on a good day) and already know that my triathlon demise will come in a year or two.

A humble suggestion would be to forget long course for a while and focus on sprints…or that take nice pony of yours out for some local time trial races…tackle a weak spot in your tri armor and focus on some different running or trail running events (I’m not saying that’s your weak area, just an example).

What’s allowed me to stay relatively focused is that I’m training to be a multisport athlete, not a triathlete. That means I have a trail run, bike stage race (now cancelled since I’m going back to school over the summer), bike time trial, bike hill climb, snowshoe race, nordic ski race and winter quadrathalon on the schedule for my 2007 season.

Now I can suck at multiple sports, not just three! ;^)

Each of these contributes to my overall fitness for triathlons. Even though I don’t have the hours in that I want for my first triathlon of the season (a sprint this weekend), I know my mental fitness is there. After struggling through a 7.5-hour winter quad a couple months ago, the thought of a 1.5-hour sprint triathlon ain’t nuthin’ but a chicken wing…as the Southerners say.

My two cents with plenty of change to spare.

hak/john

I’m not sure if you’re asking for advice, but here is what’s coming to my mind after reading your post:

- Accept that you are behind in your training and let it go. There’s nothing like regret to make you feel worthless. You’re starting now and that’s all that matters.

- Goals and milestones usually help me stay focused through repetative training.

- Find something new and exciting that you can add to each work out. Find some new routes, mix up your routine, or try some new products. If all else fails, get up early and run in your underwear ;-)

- If you don’t already, try training with a partner for some workouts.

It’s been helpful for me reading your race reports from your past Ironman Wisconsin races. They got me motivated about my first IMoo this year. Hopefully I’ll see you out on the course.