{"id":6331,"date":"2016-10-17T15:04:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T21:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=6331"},"modified":"2016-12-26T23:37:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T05:37:56","slug":"saving-myself-from-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/17\/saving-myself-from-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving myself from myself."},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, nothing went according to plan and honestly, it worked out really well for my sporty pursuits.<\/p>\n

\"oct17-1\"<\/p>\n

Proof of training, and taper crazies.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m somewhat flexible. I typically plan a *little* aggressively in terms of training, so I don’t freak if I miss one of my 10-12 sessions per week that’s just sort of volume filler.\u00a0 Missing a 2 mile easy run is not going to make or break my race.\u00a0 Occasionally, it will be something bigger, and if it’s for a good reason, I’ll get over it.\u00a0 The gauge is typically if I’m willing to eat dinner and go to bed while it’s still light, the relaxation is more important than the training.<\/p>\n

However, this week, everything just got kinda fubared with work and life and stuff.\u00a0 I missed an open water race pace swim.\u00a0 It was planned for Monday and I could not fit it in the rest of the week, not for lack of at least half-heartedly trying.\u00a0 I missed said 2 mile run, a weights session, and cut a killer bike workout to a “slightly harder than easy” and shortened it… after already intentionally cutting a bike workout.\u00a0 The original plan was 9 hours, modified plan 8 hours, and I got in… 6.25 hours.<\/p>\n

I’ve been dealing with some major fatigue (see above said crawling into bed before the sun sets… this has happened a handful of times over the last two weeks).\u00a0 Stress is stress is stress and things aren’t exactly calm around these parts.\u00a0 I’m still at the point where I’m conquering workouts I can get to, but the amount of eating and sleeping I’m doing to just pretend like I can even<\/em> right now is not normal.<\/p>\n

On Thursday morning, I was able to execute an 8 mile half easy, half race pace run without an issue. When I went to bed Wednesday before sunset, I was not 100% sure if I was going to even start it.\u00a0 On Saturday, I rode the same course as a month ago, and pulled down more power (10-15W+) and faster speeds (.5 mph+) with way less effort (HR 5-10 bpm lower).\u00a0 It was about 10 degrees cooler, but still.\u00a0 It was a pretty significant jump in 4 weeks.<\/p>\n

I also had an “intensity TBD” 6 mile run on the plan after the bike. Considering my fatigue lately, I didn’t really want to dig too far down in the pain cave to get this done, but miles 1, 2, and 3 ticked off at 10:30, 10 flat, and 10:22 just concentrating on my cadence, so I stuck with it and finished with a nice 10:12\/mile average.\u00a0 It was warm (feels like almost 90), but not HOT, and I wasn’t completely cooked at the end.\u00a0 With more fuel, liquid, and the promise of a week off after, I could have probably put another 7 like that together.\u00a0 I was actually holding my legs back a lot of the time to keep this pace because they just wanted to go.\u00a0 It felt FUCKING great after months and months of lacking run fitness to just nail this one to the wall.<\/p>\n

\"2012-2\"<\/p>\n

I am definitely ready for the race that makes me feel like THIS after.\u00a0 I’m due.\u00a0 I’m doing everything I can to get myself there open for THIS experience.<\/em><\/p>\n

While all the studies I’ve read say an exponential taper<\/a> is not necessarily the best, that’s what happened this time and so far, it’s working out.\u00a0 The cool thing is that I’m feeling my legs and brain come around a lot quicker, so my confidence is much higher than normal.\u00a0 With two weeks to go, I’ve usually had at least one nervous breakdown and I’m thinking “how the eff am I going to do a 6 hour race when I feel like shit doing a 30 minute run”?\u00a0 This time, I’m holding my legs back at race pace.\u00a0 I’ll take it.<\/p>\n

So, the key now, is volume down, and keep the intensity.\u00a0 Here’s the plan for this week:<\/p>\n