23-03-2010, 08:38 PM
TheEd,
Like the 'bear on the back' analogy - made me smile :-)
Signs of fatigue, you might be right. The 'not giving myself enough chance' is not intential whatsoever. It must be lifestyle related. I thinks it might be because I'm not designed for a certain level of intensity of training and day to day workload.
If I remember rightly I had the same issues (with not recovering and suffering from fatigue) when I was in my teens and were swimming competetively. I trained 2 evenings per week and attempted to add 2 - 3 early mornings, but after a few weeks I would tend to go backwards, end up getting de-motivated or getting an injury, it must be a learnt behaviour applied since then?
Maybe its simply down to upbringing and the capacity to cope with stress levels (in a +ve way). Its a learnt mechanism you pick up from your parents? Both my parents are not avid sports people. My father was when he was young and he supported us when we were growing up. He does nothing at all now which has always concerned me as not healthy. May be he stopped due to the sorts of challenges I am facing now.
Anyway this aside, although I felt heavy this morning, I still felt there was an easiness to getting going after each time I slowed when Hrate exceeded target. I havnt run that early in the morning for a fair while might be something to do with it as well.
Anyhow, no need for me to analyse too much, I think I do this too much per se and causes me the issues I have.
Early night this evening, will see how feel in morning and update tomorrow.
Thanks for your support TheEd, it helps no end. I feel like this feedback loop is helping me understand my running beyond my expectations.
Cheers,
D
Like the 'bear on the back' analogy - made me smile :-)
Signs of fatigue, you might be right. The 'not giving myself enough chance' is not intential whatsoever. It must be lifestyle related. I thinks it might be because I'm not designed for a certain level of intensity of training and day to day workload.
If I remember rightly I had the same issues (with not recovering and suffering from fatigue) when I was in my teens and were swimming competetively. I trained 2 evenings per week and attempted to add 2 - 3 early mornings, but after a few weeks I would tend to go backwards, end up getting de-motivated or getting an injury, it must be a learnt behaviour applied since then?
Maybe its simply down to upbringing and the capacity to cope with stress levels (in a +ve way). Its a learnt mechanism you pick up from your parents? Both my parents are not avid sports people. My father was when he was young and he supported us when we were growing up. He does nothing at all now which has always concerned me as not healthy. May be he stopped due to the sorts of challenges I am facing now.
Anyway this aside, although I felt heavy this morning, I still felt there was an easiness to getting going after each time I slowed when Hrate exceeded target. I havnt run that early in the morning for a fair while might be something to do with it as well.
Anyhow, no need for me to analyse too much, I think I do this too much per se and causes me the issues I have.
Early night this evening, will see how feel in morning and update tomorrow.
Thanks for your support TheEd, it helps no end. I feel like this feedback loop is helping me understand my running beyond my expectations.
Cheers,
D