Burn out post Ironman

[Marbles]

Consider that you could have pushed into an over trained state and need a low key recovery. Though even if it is just mental, dropping the training load markedly for a month or two will make it harder to find excuses not to do it.

Try to change your focus, the race is not the goal, it is just one more tool to help you meet your goals.

I once got to listen to Sir Herald Kroto, a Noble Prize winner, he said "a Noble Prize is everything, until you have one, then it is nothing."

Basically, achievement is not fulfilling, it is the doing tht brings fulfillment. Too many time we expect to feel complete by the achievement, but my experience has been that after a few days it really means nothing. Plus, I don't care who I or anyone else was, I care who they are.

I could be wrong, but it sounds to me like the achievement was expected to be more meaningful than it has been.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Get back to the fundamentals and with time it will self correct.

How are you doing with the below?
- Relationships: friends - family - God (a simple prayer asking for help goes a long way in my experience)
- Rest: - Sleep - Hormones? - Training modification
- Nutrition - you know what you're doing wrong
- Work - anything you could do better?

Serious question but how would you even know your hormones were off without some sort of an actual test?

 

[Gwchem]

Serious question but how would you even know your hormones were off without some sort of an actual test?

You do exactly that. Find a good PCP or endocrinologist who runs a full panel for you. That's how I found out my thyroid stopped working.