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just how easy is your easy week
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 2010-04-09 1:04 PM |
Veteran  559  |  Subject: just how easy is your easy weekI am not planning a particular race at the moment, a few duathlon sprints, a few oly duathlons and 1 short sprint 380m swim 18k bike 4.2k run in 2 weeks time. So at the moment I am just cruising along 3 weeks fairly hard training and then this week is easy week, so far I have run twice, biked once and swam once, planning a swim/bike tomorrow and a longish run(15k) for Sunday. So you can see I am not really extending myself this week.. Besides that I have to spend a bit more time with the family. How do you spend your easy week? |
| 2010-04-09 2:00 PM in reply to: #2780578 |
Master 1222   Lafayette, IN | Subject: RE: just how easy is your easy week My easy week (or cut back week as I call it) is approximately 4 hours less training than my other weeks. My "other" weeks range from 10 hours total to 18 hours over my 6 month IM plan. I have a cut back week every 4th week. My workouts aren't easier, just shorter. And I usually either drop one workout or get a complete day off during that week. My plan only has 5 days of complete rest for the 6 months. I do this by design as my work causes me to miss a day somewhat frequently and I just treat those as my rest days. |
| 2010-04-09 2:09 PM in reply to: #2780578 |
Runner | Subject: RE: just how easy is your easy week hmmm.... Right now, they're all easy, since I'm not really training for anything. If I were, the easy weeks would be right after the goal race, so basically recovery. At that point, it's just whatever I feel like doing, but still getting out there consistently. I don't usually follow the idea of cutback weeks. |
| 2010-04-09 2:20 PM in reply to: #2780789 |
Not a Coach 11473 Media, PA | Subject: RE: just how easy is your easy week |
| 2010-04-09 4:53 PM in reply to: #2780578 |
Expert 793 South Florida | Subject: RE: just how easy is your easy week I have a race this weekend, so I sorta made this my easy week. I cut back to around 50% of what I normally do. I will probably take two days off after the race depending on how I feel. It's going to kill my monthly totals, but I guess the point is to train to race not the other way around. |
| 2010-04-09 4:57 PM in reply to: #2780578 |
Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: just how easy is your easy week |
| 2010-04-09 5:25 PM in reply to: #2780578 |
Master 1790 Tyler, TX | Subject: RE: just how easy is your easy week I don't purposely cut back on workouts. That just seems to happen all by itself.... If I feel I need an easier week I'll try to maintain the same frequency of workouts and pretty much the same distances (though maybe a shorter long run or long ride). Run intensity is mainly what I cut back. Brian |
| 2010-04-09 5:57 PM in reply to: #2780578 |
Champion 5781 Northridge, California | Subject: RE: just how easy is your easy week I do tend to have reduced volume weeks, but I stagger the disciplines...I'm pretty much never doing a rest week on all three at the same time. Other than in IM training, my lightest weeks tend to be 6-8 hours...vs. heaviest up around 11 hours. I still train at least 8 times a week, regardless of planned volume. |
| 2010-04-09 6:04 PM in reply to: #2781264 |
Champion 7233 | Subject: RE: just how easy is your easy week tcovert - 2010-04-09 4:57 PM I do tend to have reduced volume weeks, but I stagger the disciplines...I'm pretty much never doing a rest week on all three at the same time. Other than in IM training, my lightest weeks tend to be 6-8 hours...vs. heaviest up around 11 hours. I still train at least 8 times a week, regardless of planned volume. unless i screwed up training or i;m sick/hurt, my schedule is set up so my only easy weeks are either taper or recovery weeks. |
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