rest days suck, i guess..
It may be something i am learning with years of training. Easy days on a high volume training plan can kill me.
Yesterday i had a local race, a so called half ironman distance that had 1.9/81/17 (!!!). I got a couple easy days after a very good block of training where i felt good or thereabout for the whole way.
The race it self wasnt good, i felt dead all the way until the last lap of the run (5laps), then i felt some energy, not much but enough to finish 4th 20 min out of the winner, my good friend pedro gomes to witch i was hoping to give some leg pain. Sergio Dias was second and the small man is competitive, if only he could shave 4 min of the swim and he would kick some serious butt :D.
My best explanation for feeling so bad is how my body reacts to "a couple of easy days", i dont think its rocket science but i would bet that i could do a LOT better if i had done the race without those easy days. i just felt my body shutting down during friday and saturday, something i experience also when i start to taper for a big race.
speaking of big race and taper, although this week isnt a piece of cake i will start reducing the volume leading to IMLP. and i can freakin wait for that!!!!
Yesterday i had a local race, a so called half ironman distance that had 1.9/81/17 (!!!). I got a couple easy days after a very good block of training where i felt good or thereabout for the whole way.
The race it self wasnt good, i felt dead all the way until the last lap of the run (5laps), then i felt some energy, not much but enough to finish 4th 20 min out of the winner, my good friend pedro gomes to witch i was hoping to give some leg pain. Sergio Dias was second and the small man is competitive, if only he could shave 4 min of the swim and he would kick some serious butt :D.
My best explanation for feeling so bad is how my body reacts to "a couple of easy days", i dont think its rocket science but i would bet that i could do a LOT better if i had done the race without those easy days. i just felt my body shutting down during friday and saturday, something i experience also when i start to taper for a big race.
speaking of big race and taper, although this week isnt a piece of cake i will start reducing the volume leading to IMLP. and i can freakin wait for that!!!!
A bad result,,, a great result... a bad result... a great result...
Well, just dont race any more until LP! ;-)
HASTA
Migalhas
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