{"id":7109,"date":"2017-07-24T16:16:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T22:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=7109"},"modified":"2017-07-24T16:16:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T22:16:36","slug":"dont-call-it-a-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/24\/dont-call-it-a-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t call it a comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years, this<\/a> has been one of my favorite running power songs.\u00a0 I mean, how can you not run a little faster and push a little harder, right?<\/p>\n

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Kapow!!!<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve never quite understood the lyric “don’t call it a comeback” though.\u00a0 Yeah, I’ve been here (doing this triathlon thing) for years, but with the ebbs and flows of season?\u00a0 Yeah, absolutely, I am staging a comeback right now.\u00a0 It happens every year.\u00a0 Goal race leads to sloth leads to dabbling in sport again which leads to the first weeks of a schedule.\u00a0 Which is the epitome of a comeback, right?<\/p>\n

I’ve been thinking about how to correctly mount this return into sport because for once, I’ve given myself the luxury of time.\u00a0 My next goal race is January 2018.\u00a0 My next long race is slated for October 2018.\u00a0 I have the time to fix everything I need to fix and lose the weight and not worry about how it’s impacting my season for quite a while.\u00a0 I just need to stop being an idiot and do it.<\/p>\n

I think these things will help me be a better athlete in 2018.<\/p>\n

#1 – I want to get strong.\u00a0 It’s hard to do this during season.\u00a0 It also takes my body a lot longer to be ready to get back to this after a goal race.\u00a0 I figure a week or two and I should be good, right?\u00a0 Not after any long race yet has this happened, and the Ironman doubly so.\u00a0 My body only really started to feel healed during my camping trip, and before last week, it’s been about 3 months since I lifted anything heavier than 12 ounce curls, so I’m starting at stage 1 and not doing anything more than bodyweight for at least the next two weeks.\u00a0 Then, I’ll actually set myself out a plan, like I was a licensed personal trainer or something and knew how to do this stuff…<\/p>\n

#2 – I want to get my endurance back.\u00a0 I’m really happy I kept some endurance with cycling, but my running and swimming are pretty… sub par right now.\u00a0 I’m taking the Maffetone<\/a> approach with my running right now and trying to stay under or at my MAF (max aerobic function).\u00a0 142 is not a lot of beats per minute, and it’s frustrating to take walk breaks to calm your heart rate when you don’t even feel taxed, but I’ve been trying to keep with it.\u00a0 I’m already seeing some improvement, because I ran 4.5 miles, and while they were super slow, I didn’t have to walk.\u00a0 Apparently in 3 months if all goes well, I’ll have to run hard to get to that 142, and I’m super looking forward to it.<\/p>\n

#3 – I want to fix my run.\u00a0 My running has honestly gotten worse and worse every year since I started triathlon (my swim and bike have gotten better to compensate and still log PRs, but still).\u00a0 Of course, first, I need to get some of my strength and endurance back first, but then it’s time to work on the marathon shuffle I have going on.\u00a0 First of all, drills.\u00a0 I need to do them.\u00a0 Second, plyometrics.\u00a0 I used to cross train with Dance Dance Revolution and I’m pretty sure it did amazing things for my run.\u00a0 I don’t do anything hoppy jumpy anymore and those muscles are super weak.\u00a0 Plus, it’s fun!<\/p>\n

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Run dance eat brick…<\/em><\/p>\n

#1 and #2 are in progress.\u00a0 Weights x2 week, trying to make my bike rides a little more effort and a little less cruising (for some of them), swimming more often than once a month, and some MAF runs.\u00a0 And… a little of #3 simply because DDR is a lot of fun!<\/p>\n

Last week:<\/p>\n