{"id":6602,"date":"2017-01-16T10:50:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T16:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=6602"},"modified":"2017-01-23T17:13:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T23:13:32","slug":"in-and-out-of-the-big-tired-hole-14-weeks-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/16\/in-and-out-of-the-big-tired-hole-14-weeks-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"In and out of the big tired hole – 14 weeks to go"},"content":{"rendered":"

By the middle of week I got into a big tired pit of despair.\u00a0 But I’m doing much better now.<\/p>\n

\"Jan16-1\"<\/p>\n

#mfw I haven’t slept through the night in 4 days.\u00a0 Thank goodness this was the morning after the last time I woke up at 3am… ><<\/em><\/p>\n

It makes sense.\u00a0 It’s been two weeks of throwing myself in the deep end of Ironman training.\u00a0 There was no gradual ramp up this time.\u00a0 I spent two months of doing whatever the eff I wanted (some week’s 10 hours, some 4, and mostly exploring on my bike), and then all of a sudden it was schedules and 11+ hours a week and having to hit numbers and putting some sort of effort into things and it’s been a shock.<\/p>\n

Also, the mold and cedar are conspiring against me and hitting me hard, right where it hurts.\u00a0 We’ve had a week of BEAUTIFUL weather, perfect for playing outside, and the air has been poisonous.\u00a0 It hurts my soul.\u00a0 Also, for the first half of the week (until Thursday night), I woke up around 3am unable to go back to sleep for an hour or two, which is SO not normal for me.\u00a0 I’ve read most of a book series, which is great, but on this volume of training 6-7 hours per night is not even remotely enough.<\/p>\n

The good news is January is half over, and after I cross the line of 3M on Sunday, I’ll have arrived at my first rest week.\u00a0 14 days down.\u00a0 7 days of training left to go until rest week.\u00a0 14 weeks left total until race day.<\/p>\n

If Einstein is correct and the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, I’m doing things pretty sanely (and I’m sticking with that story, yup!).\u00a0 My schedule’s all switched up and it’s not like “yup, it’s Saturday I’m always going to be doing X thing I’ve been doing every other cycle\/year”. \u00a0 I’m not taking days off, I’m pushing active recovery with easy spins and swims to get more volume and with great care, it seems to be working.\u00a0 I am actually finally for reals being diligent about stretching, rolling, and using the puffy boots for recovery, like a good triathlete.<\/p>\n

Things will probably change a little more towards the traditional when the air stops trying to kill me, but for right now, I’m enjoying the novelty of difference.<\/p>\n

\"Jan16-2\"<\/p>\n

I <3 night swimming even if my face doesn’t show it.\u00a0 Especially an hour of it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Last week:<\/p>\n