Back To Work

Well, things are getting back to normal after getting sick last week. I got four hours of training in today. Two solid hours on the bike trainer, followed by an hour in the pool, and an hour in the weight room. Feeling good, so I hope the rest of the week goes this smooth. Got a couple questions on spin-ups (high cadence sets) on the bike which I promise I'll answer soon, but right now I got to get my butt to bed. Good night y'all!!!

Trying to find a rythm....

Well, I'm fresh off a recovery week and this week started pretty good. But then Tuesday rolled around and I couldn't get out of bed to make my morning swim because my throat hurt and I felt a bit drained....I wouldn't admit it yet but I was sick. I did a race pace interval workout that night which consisted of a 30 minute warm up followed by 3x10 minute efforts at my current 10K race race with 4 minutes of slow jogging between efforts. I felt a little dogged during the workout, but I got through it OK. Afterward, however, I felt aboslutely terrible. I was down for the count all day Wednesday (came home from work early and slept the rest of the day). After feeling a bit better today, I was finally able to muster a decent workout on the trainer tonight. I'm still a little groggy, but I'm definitely better than I was earlier in the week. It's weird that two weeks ago I was running in sub 0 degree weather and I was fine, but coming off of a cozy recovery week I get sick!?!?!? I'm going to really monitor the intensity for the rest of this week in hopes that everything is back to 100% next week (winter and winter illnesses suck soooo bad). Moral of the story, save yourself some grief, listen to your body when it's sick!!!!!! Hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy!