Several weeks ago I pulled out of the ironman effort. Health issues were the final straw that broke the camel's back. Come to find out the health issues weren't that serious but bear consideration under the extremities of ironman efforts right now.
The water at my swimming location was so cold I had to wear a full wetsuit in the pool. The weather has been so wet and cold that outside bike riding was all but nothing. The wet conditions had made the trails I run on slick and dangerous to falls. The county road I used to run on when my trials were wet and slick has been taken over by a pipeline construction project creating bad running conditions there whereas I spent a lot of time on the soggy ditch dodging 18 wheelers going back and forth on that narrow road. No mas!
Sense and sensibility seems to be coming back. Right now I am more rested than I have been in many years. I haven't been afraid of taking days off and sort of broke that spell. In short, I guess I am getting accustomed to being on an ordinary journey leading the ordinary life expected of me.
Truth is that I am proud of all the recovery; proud of the things I have accomplished since backing off, but I am starting to get tired of trying to jump up high enough to see the world outside of the rut I am in. Yes, I know God was not in my ironman effort, but I know also He isn't through with me yet. So, I will continue to jump to see what is the over the edge of the rut and what adventure in faith God has in store for me.
