Motivational Problems

So.. this might be a longer post.
After I did Austin 70.3 last year I had my eyes on a sub 5hr 50k in February, the idea was to use this time to qualify for Comrades 2015.
I finished the 50k in 4:57 (MISSION accomplished), but at that point I found myself without a job, which resulted in no more races for 2014, with the exception of the once I signed up for already.

I was going to focus on running, wanting to hit 2k miles this year ~40 miles a week.
Plan was 3 times a week 5 miles, 15 sat and 10 sun

6 weeks ago I had a dog follow me home. Which triggered some discussions with my wife at the same time 2 job prospects that where very promising fell through.
The dog is now here to stay and my wife and I are fine.

However the dog can only do 2, maybe 3 miles (slow) in our weather, I am still out a job and hence Comrades 2015 seems not affordable.
On top of that is that I just had a week long cold and I keep having some minor pains (stiff Achilles in the morning, some pain in the front of shin/foot, shoulders hurt a little).

On the good side is that I walk with the dog a lot. I usually do 20-60 min walking in the morning and another 30 -60 in the evening, unless I run with her.
The dog is young and still needs a lot of training of course...

All of this has my motivation at a real low point. I have not been swimming and my biking is almost non existent.
Next week is my last tri of this year X-50 (1mile swim, 40 mile bike, 9 mile run), I know this will be painfull...

I guess I just need some words of encouragement/ advice... Should I take this year easy to heal out all the niggles and get the dog fit?
Or should I just pick myself up and push through all this?

Edited by timf79 2014-06-14 12:58 PM