login
Long distance blues and recovery
-
No new posts
 2013-11-04 3:51 PM |
Veteran  629    Grapevine, TX |  Subject: Long distance blues and recoverySprint, Olympics, I'm back to training full force the next day. HIM? Not so much. And I suspect (and will find out at IMTX) that its twice as not so much in a full. After three 70.3 races this year, the pattern is: Increasing chronic and acute TSS into taper week - hold for a week - watch TSB shoot up and perform on race day (at least, show up ready). Then the next couple of days off, feeling great but any significant stress leaves me winded. Recovery swim (1000 m) 3 days out, bike (20 miles) 4 days out and run (8 miles) 5 days out on the Friday and I feel great. Then comes Sat/Sun, with flat workouts, loss of motivation, "forced" intervals etc. Speedwork the following Monday seems to put things back on track, but its uphill for another week before motivation fully returns. Wondering on other's post HIM experiences. I'm 46. |
| 2013-11-04 5:50 PM in reply to: 0 |
Expert 1258 Marin County, California | Subject: RE: Long distance blues and recovery What you mention is very typical of a week post-(insert big race.) You are super focused on training, then peak for your race, race day you leave it all out there, but then sometime shortly after you lose your peak. You may have no goal in the next couple monthes to work towards. All of a sudden there is this empty space where the training was that you don't really know what to do with. Often lack of motivation soon after a big race is a good sign that you need a bit more rest. I find that the more wrecked I am, either physically or mentally, after a big one, the longer and more drawn out it can go. After an IM for me, the harder I try to force the issue the longer it takes. After my first I still had my peak a week later and did back to back centuries since I felt so great, but man when I 'landed' it was seriously ugly! The baest way I found for the week post IM is to plan your recovery before the race. Plan meals and what you are going to do. For me it was buying a new book I wanted to read and would finally have the time for. Fill your cupboards with lots of healthy food, a a few treats as well. Doesnt erase the slight blahs, but it helps! Edited by LittleCat 2013-11-04 5:52 PM |
| 2013-11-15 6:33 AM in reply to: LittleCat |
Veteran 326 Newport, North Carolina | Subject: RE: Long distance blues and recovery Wow I thought I was the only one who felt this way. After the Vineman 70.3 I didn't feel like doing anything and really cheated myself out of training. There were no goals or races to look toward too until recently but I definitely had the blahs. I caught myself rambling on to co-workers about our sport and found I was getting excited just talking about it so yea.....back into training I go. They were looking at me like I was a weirdo |
| 2013-11-16 1:44 PM in reply to: LittleCat |
Member 242 Co Louth, Ireland | Subject: RE: Long distance blues and recovery Originally posted by LittleCat What you mention is very typical of a week post-(insert big race.) You are super focused on training, then peak for your race, race day you leave it all out there, but then sometime shortly after you lose your peak. You may have no goal in the next couple monthes to work towards. All of a sudden there is this empty space where the training was that you don't really know what to do with. Often lack of motivation soon after a big race is a good sign that you need a bit more rest. I find that the more wrecked I am, either physically or mentally, after a big one, the longer and more drawn out it can go. After an IM for me, the harder I try to force the issue the longer it takes. After my first I still had my peak a week later and did back to back centuries since I felt so great, but man when I 'landed' it was seriously ugly! The baest way I found for the week post IM is to plan your recovery before the race. Plan meals and what you are going to do. For me it was buying a new book I wanted to read and would finally have the time for. Fill your cupboards with lots of healthy food, a a few treats as well. Doesnt erase the slight blahs, but it helps! yeah - i have to agree with this - did my 1st iron distance race in August and still sort of feeling the blues after it! I put it fully down to not having a solid goal in place - I really can't decide on waht to do next and because of that I'm not as motivated to get out near as much! All the baove is great advice and I'd add insetting a new goal - shorter term if you need to to help you through it! easier said than done sometimes though! |
| 2013-11-25 4:37 PM in reply to: grahamclarke_6 |
Expert 727 South Windsor CT | Subject: RE: Long distance blues and recovery I had the blues 2 weeks after IMFL. I feel like I have no focus. Nothing on the horizon. I plan on signing up for a few 70.3's for next year but, Ironman was epic, I feel like nothing can ever replicate finishing my first Ironman. Im planning on Lake Placid in 2015, but thats a long way off. My friend suggested buying a Tri Bike, that should give me plenty of motivation for the next race. Hopefully my wife will agree. lol... |
|
|
|
| |||
| |||
| |||
| |||
|
| ||||
|
| |||
|
| |||
|
|
View profile
Add to friends
Go to training log
Go to race log
Send a message
View album
CONNECT WITH FACEBOOK