MASSIVE FATIGUE
WHEN FATIGUE LEAKS start springing up it's easy to mistake them for progress. We don't need an app to tell us we're tired, we need one...
... to knock some sense into us.
Or, we doomtrain.
I'm right about there...
- 4 huge Saturdays in a row
- 2 of them big races
- plus lotsa volume
... and it's showing.
Not just on the bike,
like it did today.
Limped home from Wednesday Worlds,
after feeling like I'd PR'd the Pain Cave segment...
... only to learn I'd lost 30 seconds on the final climb.
I'd call that a faux burn.
And it was somewhat representative of the rest of the day.
Our sweet, bubbly daughter dropped by for a visit.
How was your day?
Fine.
Dad, how was your day?
Good.
Didn't have the heart to tell her my day kinda sucked because I'm fatigued, not sleeping great, and my knee is killing me due to my freakin' bike fit stenching.
Here's what I'm gonna do...
- much easier easy days
- more time between the hard days
- delete the underfueled, deathmarch Saturdays
... 3 weeks out from Sea Otter.
Time to maximize recovery,
fix my various aches and pains
make sure the Little Devil (mtb) is dialed.
Then, Rip!
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164.2
640 anti-oxidant level
7.5 hours sleep
no Upper Body: 40 push ups, 10 pull ups, gripper, heel & toe raises
no Lower Body: split squats, step ups
84/99/-15 per Strava