Tonight I have no good excuse. For previous workouts, there was brake rub or coming off a vicious weekend, or some other reason why I would crap out on a workout. Tonight I have no answers, just a bunch of questions.
The plan was to hit the bike and knock out a 3x12 minute session on 300w. That lasted until 6 minutes into the first interval, before I had to back out to 280w. That's where I stayed for the rest of the night, except for the last 6 minutes of the last interval, where I forced myself back up to 300w. It shouldn't have been as hard as it was to get through this. Three weeks I did this workout on 280w the whole way. My heart rate tonight was a minimum of 8 bpm higher than at any given point in the workout compared to that session. I don't think I'm getting sick, but I have to wonder where this loss of power and subsequent raise in heart rate is coming from. Before I started I felt really good, nicely rested, since I wasn't able to hit the pool last night. But everything just went south by the time I got to the good stuff.
It's been a long year. I really feel that on some days, and sometimes I'm looking forward to the break even more than I'm looking forward to Worlds. It'll be nice to switch things up for a few weeks as an off-season, and I'm really anticipating the training for next year, with lower volume, and bit more high intensity, less specific threshold work. I'm hoping what I'm dealing with now is a mental issue, and I can push through it. I'll keep an eye on things and if my body starts rebelling in these last 3.5 weeks, I'll go to a rest/maintenance schedule and go race a bit undercooked, but at least I'll be relatively fresh.
Bike: 65 minutes, w/3x12 minutes @ 280w, 3 min recovery
Run: 2 miles @ 7.6 mph + 4 strides
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