Somehow, with the first MTB races on the season last week, I neglected to pay attention to where I was with my training schedule. After last weekend I continued to train hard (hard for me). Late in the week I noticed that I didn't have the usual spring in my step, and it took me two days to recover from Wednesday's roadie ride. I checked the schedule. Crap! This was supposed to be a rest week. Oops. By then the damage was done.
I now sit home sick, but I'm much better today than I was Saturday. Once I realized my mistake, I went in full recovery mode (napping at will, not leaving the couch all day) on Saturday in the hope that I could recoup my loss. I'm feeling much better today, but I'll still give it a couple more days.
It really helps me to better understand the benefits/necessity of full rest and recovery.
3 comments:
Paul, how often is the rest and recovery week under the Friel plan? Is it 3 weeks on, 1 week rest/recovery?
Enjoy your active recovery week. I've got one coming up starting April 30th.
Nope. Friel recommends that 40+ athletes go hard for two weeks, and rest for one week. I had considered that wimpy, until this week. I know better now.
So Friel doesn't allow 40+ athletes to don the black leather, whips and chains as much as the younger kids in terms of pain. Where's the fun in that? ;-)
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