Saturday's hitting the wall experience wasn't nice but I've been reflecting on why it happened and how to recover from it. I'm putting the why down to a head cold and poor nutrition on the day. The HRV results may have been green on Saturday morning but the score was low. My nutrition was rubbish in that I should have been taking regular gels or food to keep my blood sugar level up so I'm not making that mistake again.
Obviously I was a wreck on Sunday and took the Monday off as I usually do. I decided to ease myself back into training rather than make up for the lost miles at the weekend. Last night I did my weekly group swim session and that always pushes me as I want to stay up with the other swimmers in my lane. It had been 2 weeks since I swam so I knew I'd have to dig in to stay with them but I managed it - just!
This morning the alarm went off at 5.45am as I was due to swim again but as I looked at the frost outside I was sorely tempted to stay under the warm covers. But what would I have said in my blog and after all I've had a couple of easy weeks training so I threw my legs out of bed and followed them.
I knew I'd be the only one at the pool this morning but that meant I had the lane to myself and could do what I wanted. I quickly pulled a session together and completed it. I felt good but in truth knew if someone else had been in the lane with me I may have pushed it a wee bit harder. Don't get me wrong, I was breathing hard with the intervals and sprints but the stop watch doesn't lie. My times were getting slower during the session. But at least I wasn't lying in my bed.
The temperature outside was -0.5 degrees but the sum was blazing in the blue sky so down with the roof on the car and enjoy the fresh air which tells me - I am alive and kicking!
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