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So, it's been a few months since I completed the largest athletic endeavor I've ever undertaken, and frankly, the largest I likely ever will. I completed an Ironman triathlon - 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles of biking, and 26.2 miles of running in one day.

And since that day, it's been incredibly hard to get motivated to "train" like I was training.

I'm cool with exercising - but ONLY if the exercise is also socializing with my friends. So I still go running two or three days a week with my girlfriends, and I blogged about that Crossfit class I've been taking with my co-workers.

I still keep my bicycle in my office at work, but all it does is taunt me. I have no desire to ride. I sort of feel like I should - after all, if you don't do a sport, you will lose your sport-specific fitness - but I just can't find the motivation to do it.

Fortunately, I'm a lot less hungry than I was when I was training so hard, so my weight is staying about where it belongs (which is always a few pounds more than I want it to be, but I'm not super-motivated to take those pounds off either).

I guess this is normal - at least that's what I'm told. But it's totally not normal for me. I'm used to setting goals, attaining them, then setting the next.

Right now, I can't even consider setting the next goal!

I've been telling myself I'll set a goal in January. New year, new goal?

But I feel like even then, I might not actually want to.

So, maybe I won't. Maybe I'll just keep doing what I'm doing: social exercise, keeping it fun, and not plan for any big race. Or maybe I'll do some races next summer, but not even try to be competitive. I feel like I could go out and do a sprint triathlon without much training, so long as I keep my endurance fitness base and don't expect great results - at least in terms of my position in my age group.

Instead, the results will be just plain fun. And you know, that sounds like a good plan. It doesn't even require my motivation, except on race morning!