Found out I still had an account here, started reading my old posts from way back, and found something to feed a thought that has been in the back of my mind for a year or so.
I used to be a dedicated recreational triathlete in my 40ies. Used to do 400-500 h of training each year. Not much, but enough to do a long distance triathlon each year and keeping my weight in check:). Was very involved in the triathlon community in Norway, arranging triathlons, starting up and running clubs and websites.
Last long distance was Norseman in 2010. A couple of shorter triathlons in the following year, and then nothing. I burned out on triathlon, and even worse I burned out on exercise.
Not quite out of the triathlon community as I’m involved in Norseman Xtreme Triathlon (that’s me running with the flag on the “white course”). But that’s it.
And here I am, 55 years old and just about south of 100kg. Don’t know where I have my running shoes, my bike hasn’t been used in 5 years, but I have a Garmin watch that asks me every week “time to do some exercise?”
And it might be. It might be time to take life into a new/old direction. I miss being in relatively good shape. I miss the early morning swim, the long ride and the LSD runs. I miss having a goal.
It’s gonna take a lot of time and it’s gonna be painfully slow, but I have done it before. Step by step. Last man walking again?
Bent Olav Olsen, recreational triathlete?
I used to be a dedicated recreational triathlete in my 40ies. Used to do 400-500 h of training each year. Not much, but enough to do a long distance triathlon each year and keeping my weight in check:). Was very involved in the triathlon community in Norway, arranging triathlons, starting up and running clubs and websites.
Last long distance was Norseman in 2010. A couple of shorter triathlons in the following year, and then nothing. I burned out on triathlon, and even worse I burned out on exercise.
Not quite out of the triathlon community as I’m involved in Norseman Xtreme Triathlon (that’s me running with the flag on the “white course”). But that’s it.
And here I am, 55 years old and just about south of 100kg. Don’t know where I have my running shoes, my bike hasn’t been used in 5 years, but I have a Garmin watch that asks me every week “time to do some exercise?”
And it might be. It might be time to take life into a new/old direction. I miss being in relatively good shape. I miss the early morning swim, the long ride and the LSD runs. I miss having a goal.
It’s gonna take a lot of time and it’s gonna be painfully slow, but I have done it before. Step by step. Last man walking again?
Bent Olav Olsen, recreational triathlete?