Smoke screen; week 3

I’ll make this short and sweet.

I am Smoked! No matter how easy or slow I go, no matter how careful I am with Heart rate, pace etc.  Holding 30 hours a week, 3 weeks in a row is blowing me to pieces.  It has been and remains interesting to go through this process.

Week 1; The first week went great. After coming off a rest week I was feeling great.  My training to that point had been very standard. I was methodically building volume in all three sports.  Even though week 1 was large by most standards it is the perfect number for me.  350 bike miles 50 run miles and 12 grand swimming  is my go to week when I’m ready to get serious.

Week 2; This is where it started to get tough. By upping the bike by an additional 65 miles  It was just enough to slow my recovery.  I was tired but had been there before usually after a really big camp.  I know how to push through this level of fatigue and did so.  The big step over the ledge was holding several steady state efforts on my week end bricks. “Don’t mix intensity and volume!” I had not planned on riding hard but placed myself in the wrong group ride.  The heat got turned up and I had no choice but to go when the pace was made. in retrospect I would have been better off to drop off and ride home easy but my ego doesn’t wok that way.

Week 3: Here where the real learning is taking place.  My body has quit recovering between work outs.  Every training secession is taking a toll.  i have a big weekend planned and I am going to have to feel better to make it through.  So far my head is clear it’s just my legs that hurt.  My plan is to get a massage, detail my hydration and spin the next couple. I let you know how it goes. Just 4 days to recovery week!

I’m tired but…this is fun!! Does that make me weird?