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Subject: Anybody else need less sleep while training?
I made the transition from running to triathlon about four years ago. I like to read articles about triathlon, training, fitness and nutrition. Everything I have read has said that you need more sleep when you are training for a triathlon. I find that I need less sleep when I am in training. When I am not training I usually need 7 hours sleep a night. When I am training, I need about 6 hours. I usually wake up by myself, and have no need for an alarm clock. I take one hour naps on the weekends after my longer workouts.

I don't understand why I need less sleep. It was not this way when I was just a runner. Maybe I am getting better quality sleep during training? I find that I need less sleep in general the older I get (I'm 53). I'm just curious, does anyone else in my age range experience this?

Oh yes- an important piece of information- I participate in shorter distance triathlons (no 1/2 ironmans or ironmans).

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2014-06-13 8:59 AM
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I need way way way more sleep while training, but at the peak I never get it. I usually have trouble sleeping by the end of a big block.
2014-06-13 9:01 AM
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Yeah. I'm 48. I generally sleep 4-6 hours a night for most of my life and enjoy the hell out of my weekend naps.

When I'm breaking 5 hours a week on the bike I end up sleeping 4-5 hours a night and cannot nap on weekends. I hate it.

I LIKE my naps.

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2014-06-13 9:12 AM
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More sleep but I find that when I am not getting more and feel sluggish it goes away after a workout.  It's just more work to drag myself out the door. 

2014-06-13 9:42 AM
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Training tends to lead to more efficient sleep, might explain it.
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