My mind/will gave out on my training run this morning... :(

[ny biker]

I read an article last year - I think it was a Fit Chick thing in Bicycling mag - that said you should include notes on your mood in your training log, so you can identify a bad mood trend as mental overtraining and take a break/ease up when necessary.

Unfortunately I read the article after I had already done my big bike ride for the year (which for me is the Philly Livestrong Challenge), but this year I plan to take her advice. I have a bad habit of getting so stressed by all the training that by the time I get to the event, I'm cranky and crabby and ready to bite someone's head off. Within a few weeks after it's over, I decide I'm sick of my bike and don't want to ride it anymore. Hopefully this year I will be able to make some adjustments during my training so I can keep in a better frame of mind and enjoy riding more.

[Tuckervill]

I was sick of going to the gym today, so this morning I got out the wheelbarrow and dug and carried and dug and carried until my front flower bed was bare of any grass or root of weed. Then I dug up old bricks that were a walkway for the smokehouse and moved them. I'm sore and tired! Who needs the gym?

It was way more refreshing than a trip to the gym. Maybe you need to do something else instead?

Karen

[Running Mommy]

Having run for as many years as I have, I feel confident in saying you were just having one of those days..
Give yourself permission to take a break, and you will be stronger for it.
One day whilst training for Ironman I was midway through a swim workout when I just quit. I wanted to go home and make a chocolate cake. So I did.
And boy howdy did it feel good. I needed the break!