Winter Blues , oh no

last Week was rather scary , I think I was hit with a very bad Case of Winter Blues , Winter Blues is also called Seasonal affective Disorder is something I have diagnosed on myself 2-3 Years ago.
In my Case when this happens I just don't have any energy to do anything and I'm in a rather grumpy mood. A couple of years back when I realized that this seems to happen  more and more in the Winter month, I started to google it and looking at the Check list for Winter Blues I can tick every single box. So I bought a Light Box and Vitamin D and Last Winter I came through the Winter much better then in the previous Years.
So for this Winter Season I had already bought again my Vitamin D and planned start to take it from the beginning of October, I didn't even really think about it too much, but oh Boy the last 10 Days were bad and I mean really bad.
At work I was just extremely irritable, I tried to keep to myself as much as possible and put on the professional face , I made sure I didn't cross anyone path. There was no Reason to be so grumpy to anyones, but I just was.
In the Evening I  was so tired that I did go very early into my Bed and didn't want to wake up even after over 9 hrs of Sleep.
So I started to take my Vitamins early last Week and I have set my Light box again on a Timer , so in the morning I wake up when the Light Box makes my Room bright as Day.
This is not a miracle cure but Yesterday was the First Day where I felt finally like a Human being again.
If you suffer from Winter Blues , exercise is recommended , there was no Way that I was able to to any real kind of exercise last Week so I forced myself to at least cycle to work .
I have been cycling the whole Summer, but cycling over the last couple of Days felt like I had to start all over again.
I was barely able to climb small Hills but thankfully Yesterday that again felt much better.
So now I finally look forward again, a really good feeling after 2 Weeks of Hell . Now I hope I can get my Winter Training together, because I really want to be ready for next Seasons upcoming Triathlons.
The Plan is to work hard enough, to be able to do a Half Ironmman next Year.
That will be huge step from my Sprint Triathlons this Year, I'm not really afraid anymore of the Swimming ,I have seen the improvement of it, this Year and I know I'm not even remotely at my limit. Cycling is not a problem either , I just love cycling, running is the big Problem.
This is the one discipline I actually slowed down this Year and running more then 5 Km at the moment is a struggle, but being aware of it should be a good start to fix it.
Time to hit the Road, which will help to get to my Goal and fight this very annoying Winter Blues

The Magic of a Light Box, it really Works for me !