Last week I came home from work, lay on
the couch ran my hands through my hair, and decided to skip training
and go see a film. I was under siege with a group of hyper-active 8
year olds to teach sailing to and by Wednesday of my second week with
them I was feeling fatigued. This happened on a big volume week (15
hours) so I knew I was behind. I needed a strategy “an 8 day week
is what I’ll do”. Unlike the work week, reading week, etc...
training weeks don’t have to be 7 days long. Sometimes, if you are short on
hours on your final high volume week before a rest week you can just work
into Monday. Chances are the boss won't even notice.
Monday
Rest day. Short bike ride 25mins
Tuesday
70mins in the gym 50mins run for warm up and cool down
Wednesday
Disaster- skipped training to go see “the hurt locker” (very good)
Thursday
Two and a half hours zone one run/ski walk and half and hour of zone 3 ski bounding continuous. Wore backpack.
Friday
One hour hike with backpack up a big hill
Saturday
One and a half hours mountain biking with my friend Mike who visited from Vancouver.
Sunday
Four hours long slow distance mountain biking. Many climbs (some zone 2 and 3)
*Monday
Two and a Half hours zone 1 running. Zone 4 intervals classic bounding with poles. The best I’ve felt all summer!
So the 8 day week worked out in the end just fine. Can’t wait to come home and “dish some pain out to some rookies” (One of Chris Mamen’s favourite things to say).
I will add some photos very soon.
Thanks for reading!
"Sustaining People in Motion"