This week:
RUN: 59 miles
BIKE: 115 miles
SWIM: 5.5 miles
STRENGTH: 2 X 20 min
This was my biggest training week ever!. All my workouts went really well until today. Yesterday I had a tough brick, with 55 mile bike followed by a 30 min run which I manage to complete while repeating my new mantra: frappuccino, iced, cold, frappuccino! Today I had 16 hot and humid miles with last 30 min hard, and my legs were DONE at mile 14. I was pushing hard, but they would not want to move. I almost tripped a few times. I walked the last 2 miles, mad at myself for not being able to do the run. But then I realized that I kind of did the run, except I did 14 miles with 10 hard + 2 mile walk. The hard miles were slower than my typical long run pace, but they were harder! That made me feel a little better. On the walk home I had a calf cramp, the first in my life - my R calf tightened up and stay like that for a minute or so. And then I got it - my neuromuscular system is overwhelmed and needs a break. So next week I am going 30% down on the runs. I am hoping that would be enough. I am otherwise feeling great, just a little intimidated by how tough it is to run well off the bike, particularly on hills! But deep down I know that my body is adapting to this demanding training, and hopefully by end of August I'll feel more confident about the HIM. I am having A LOT OF FUN training, and that makes it all worthwhile!
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8 comments:
Wow, great week. Don't exhaust you completely before the actual race:)
Awesome run! You are so good at listening to your body! Btw I am loving Run Faster...probably the best running book I have read.
Geez, that is a major training week...your body really is adapting, huh?
I always think it's interesting to go looking for your limits. I like to do that too! What's important though is that once you think you've found them, allow yourself to recover and adapt. Then next time you go looking for your limit, you'll find it further down the road. :)
Thank you, I might have theoretical knowledge about bikes but as the practical skills go-bI definitely need to work on those. But what's the better way than doing things myself. So I will try to fix the bike myself and if it is skewed up I will bring it to the professional:)But it is hard to do in a living-room and using a cooking pan wrapped in a towel as a hammer. Student life is hard.
Major training going on with you, I'm sure body will be happy to have some adjustment time this week!! I've been adding a lot more mileage and I know my legs are still adjusting...but I love it too!
As you know I ALL about overdoing it and I wasn't even doing half of what you're doing. You're right - your exhaustion and cramp are telling you you are on the edge - you've pushed very very hard in the past few weeks so give yourself a little time back to recoup.
Remember you've got to keep some juice in the box for the actual race! And - you are doing amazingly.
Great on you! Sounds like a massive training week. Wow!
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