Saturday, May 31, 2008

soooo tired

I have been so tired for the last few weeks. No matter what I do, I just feel exhausted. Even after waking up. I read something the other day about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and how it effects athletes that are training lots of hours or at high intensities. Well, I have been working out more than usual, and quite a bit has been at a higher intensity than normal, throw in the extra five hours a week at work (not a lot, but it adds up!) and just normal stress (gas and food prices up too!!) family, friends, work, etc... and I'm so tired. It doesn't matter what I eat or drink and how much I sleep. Because when I do sleep I can't sleep through the night. I sit at my desk and I'm about to fall asleep and then I get in bed and I'm restless and after I do drift off, I'm up again a short while later. Maybe I need to start using ear plugs again. Maybe it's just chronic fatigue (not syndrome). Or maybe I'm just pushing myself too hard and need to not worry so much about things. I've got three weeks until IM (yikes) I'm as fit as I'm going to be... right now it's just about maintaining and polishing. And relaxing when I think about the swim start....