{"id":6386,"date":"2016-11-07T10:16:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T16:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=6386"},"modified":"2016-12-26T23:35:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T05:35:38","slug":"recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/07\/recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week was all about recovery and doing all those things you don’t get to do on busy training weeks.\u00a0 I read and napped in my hammock for an afternoon.\u00a0 We spent almost the entire weekend playing video games.\u00a0 I ate and drank some things I generally wouldn’t touch.\u00a0 It was glorious!<\/p>\n

\"nov7-2\"<\/p>\n

Day after the race?\u00a0 Tons of hammock and beer repeats.\u00a0 I still may have been caffeinated at that point.<\/em><\/p>\n

Physical recovery:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m going to give props to both my new boots and all the weight training I did this cycle.\u00a0 While I was not ready to go out and do it all again the next day or anything, I had very little muscular issues in the days following the race.\u00a0 I wasn’t toilet sore<\/a>, I didn’t have issues with stairs, I would say if I *had* to, I was ready to go for an easy jog by Tuesday, or definitely Wednesday.<\/p>\n

However, as it’s been manifesting lately after races, I was this weird unreasonable amount of the *tireds* for days.\u00a0 It took me three days to finish the laundry because it was a herculean effort to do that.\u00a0 The rest of the stinky triathlon crap stayed all around the house until SATURDAY.\u00a0 I expended my last ounces of *give a shit* at the race and was fresh out for the week, and that’s TOTALLY fine.<\/p>\n

We rode bikes with the BSS crew on Wednesday, and while I started the ride wondering why I was taking precious time away from sitting on my couch and eating food, the ride itself was great.\u00a0 My legs certainly did not feel snappy, but it was nothing unlike how things felt during peak weeks.\u00a0 I felt better after and I continue to feel pretty good since.<\/p>\n

\"nov7-1\"<\/p>\n

Vidja games.\u00a0 All weekend.\u00a0 Looking like VR dorks.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mental recovery:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having a good (but not perfect) race is interesting.\u00a0 Mentally, I am READY TO GO but I know if I jump back in 100% right now, I’m going to arrive at Ironman in April weak and burnt out. I need some of that time to lift heavy things without caring how sore it makes me, and time to play bikes, running, and swimming.<\/p>\n

Y’know, those kind of workouts where you plan a 6 hour trainer movie marathon on a shitty weather day where you order delivery pizza in the middle or do the Tour De Donut<\/a> instead of a serious long ride.\u00a0 Or you head out the door with your shoes on and run somewhere between 3 and 17 miles without a planned route at whatever pace your feet carry you and maybe there’s a stop at the swing set in the park in the middle.\u00a0 Or you see how many laps you can do in the lake before your arms fall off while it’s the perfect wetsuit weather for a little while longer.\u00a0 And also, sometimes these plans will fuck right off for laying in my hammock reading or the right happy hour invitation.<\/p>\n

Adventures and activity, rather than checking boxes.\u00a0 That’s the goal for a while.<\/p>\n

My plan was to take the next 2 months and allow myself to train according to feel.\u00a0 I’m sticking to it.\u00a0 At this point, I expect I’ll do enough long stuff to keep myself in enough shape to kick off a for-real training plan in the new year.\u00a0 12 weeks + taper is a REALLY long time for me to follow anything strict, and I need to go in hungry for it.<\/p>\n

So, basically, I’m really excited about the next cycle, and I need to make sure I save my eager self from myself by sticking to the plan.\u00a0 I’ve done that gung ho thing before and it doesn’t end well.<\/p>\n

\"nov7-3\"<\/p>\n

Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo.\u00a0 The LIGHT version is 800+ calories.\u00a0 I made up for that fact with housing two bread baskets.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gustatory Recovery:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I haven’t been going hungry.\u00a0 Let’s just state the obvious.\u00a0 I know the FIRST rule of recovery… and actually most things triathlon… is to shove food in my mouth when I’m hungry.\u00a0 I have not failed to do that (and have probably succeeded a little too well, but that’s ok).\u00a0 If I was a better person, it would have been all the veggies, fruits, whole grains, lean protein, etc.\u00a0 However, the words second dessert, alcoholic, and fried have definitely been in my vocabulary.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty sure I’ve gotten the bulk of it out of my system, and by Friday, I was already at odds – I was totally ready mentally to start eating less food after a few days, but my appetite was like “nope, we’re going to eat this ENTIRE giant veggie sandwich and chili in the matter of 3 minutes and then we’re going to rumble a few hours later”.\u00a0 Well then.<\/p>\n

I operate on a normal ratio of about 80% healthy, 20% splurge.\u00a0 The ratio was reversed last week.\u00a0 Back to the norm this week.\u00a0 There is NO possible way that I’ve actually gained the 4 lbs the scale says in one week, so it’s time to shift the balance of what I’m made of from bourbon and french fries to salads and coconut water.<\/p>\n

\"nov7-4\"<\/p>\n

After riding my bike for 90 minutes at 12 mph, I made sure to eat enough fried food to outweigh the health benefits.\u00a0 Whew!\u00a0 Almost did something crazy on rest week.<\/em><\/p>\n

What’s next?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week is a gentle emergence from hedonism.\u00a0 The dish of leftover Halloween candy isn’t getting thrown out or anything, but knowing that it has to be tracked and balanced with the rest of my intake should keep me from raiding it excessively.<\/p>\n

Mid Season Break Week 1:<\/p>\n