DEPRESSION SETS IN!

Okay so this isn't really the kind of post that I wanted to be writing but I promised to chronicle my year so here goes.Over the past two weeks I have done almost no training at all.My injured neck and back are causing me grief again and I have also managed to get myself a bit of a cough and amazingly sore lungs from all the hacking I have been doing during my sleepless nights.I also found out that I have hit 80 kilos(176lbs) for the first time ever and I am not a happy camper.To put that into perspective,last summer in Penticton I weighed in at around 68 kilos(150lbs) and was able to go for a run without my thighs rubbing together.Not so now!
The bouts of depression that have haunted me over the last eight years or so also returned leaving me without any real desire to anything except turn up for work on time.It is really hard to explain just what it is like when the black demons of depression strike but finding a reason to do anything is really hard.Mostly I just hide away in my little flat and sleep.ALL DAY!
I'm hoping that it will pass soon and I even went for a run yesterday which I liked so it's a start.We shall see.I have started to make arrangements for my trip though and am looking forward to the challenge so much it makes being here in Cairns unbearable.I will soldier on and try to get my shit together and my mind sorted out in Feb.