September, departing summer hath assumed

[glaconman]

Hope you're managing to get back into full-working-order. The body is a remarkable thing but spanners get thrown into the works occasionally.

Certainly joining a club has the potential to be a game changer in terms of your interest in training and competing.

And, as MLCMM said, having target races is ok but you also need to be realistic and re calibrate from time-to-time.