Monday, April 27, 2009

Having an Off Week

No, this is not about a rest week or a down week or whatever you call it.  It's about a week that went sideways on me.

This week my training was hit and miss, particularly on Friday and Sunday.  You would think that those are two days where I would have a lot of time, but you would be wrong.  Here's what I was supposed to do and how the week shaped up.

  • Monday: 5 mile Z2 run and 2500 yard swim, done and done.
  • Tuesday: Tuesday PIR race. There were some technical difficulties with laptop power at registration so I only got 2 mins of warm up. Needless to say, the race could have gone better. It wasn't bad but not good.
  • Wednesday: Track workout 1200's and 400's. I rocked it.
  • Thursday: 10 min hill repeats on the bike.  Also killed it. Each successive repeat was stronger and farther that the proceeding one.
  • Friday: 8 mile Z1-2 run and 2500 yard swim.  I slept through my alarm and missed the morning swim then misread the run workout and did a Z2-3 run instead.  Most of it was solidly in Z3.
  • Saturday: Brick workout with 2.5 hours of biking followed by 45 minutes of running. I took out the Kuota K-factor for this one.  My right scapula got really sore with all that weight bearing.  Also, I had a hard time generating power and getting my heart rate up.  The bike needs some adjustments.
  • Sunday: 11 mile run and 1000 yard recovery swim. EPIC FAIL, did neither. I made the mistake of thinking I could fit life around my workouts.  This was yet another lesson why its good to get things done early in the morning.

Having a crappy training week is pretty rough.  It's down right discouraging.  The events of Sunday are particularly bad because a little better planning and everything including the 2-3 hours of workout could have been accomplished. 

When you are down and need some motivation having people to turn to is great.  I've got some good friends who are relentlessly optimistic.  Talk to them and you've got no choice to be the same.  I was super encouraged when I got into work this morning and read Heidi's latest blog post, Remember This.

This week's goal: balance workouts and the rest of my life.  It's going to be tough to fit everything in today, but I'm game.e.
Posted by Joel Rosinbum at 10:55 AM
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4 comments:

  1. Joel, I'm sorry you had a crappy training week! I know how much it sucks to miss a workout and then feel quilty about it, or not do as well as you know you could have.

    On Saturday we did 3x race rehearsal in our 8+, so that was brutal. Then on Sunday I had to do a required 5x500, which went really well (2 min or less each). Then today I had to do another required pyramid workout and that one sucked. My body just did not want to cooperate. It's the worst feeling when you are not pulling as hard as you know you can, and reasons could be physical and mental (mostly mental for me).

    Anyway, you know all this stuff. But the point is that what you're doing is amazing, even without considering what happened. Plus, it looks like you did almost all of the stuff pretty well. Focus on the good things and don't feel bad!

    Sorry, this was kind of long...

    Nastia
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  2. Hey Nas,

    I'm working on putting last week behind and foraging ahead with this week.

    I've been kind of following (from a far) PSU's progress this season. Seems like you all are working hard. This time of year always brings back memories of WIRA trips for me.

    Hope you all kick some Cali butt down there and best of luck.

    J
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  3. Ha! I no longer row with PSU. It's PWR now, both Lori and I joined this fall/winter-ish, since we graduated already.

    But we're still in the same boathouse so it's wasy to keep in touch. Looks like novice women are doing really well, I think they could place at WIRA. Or at least make it to the Grand Final!
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  4. I really liked that linked post, thanks. :) I know you're dissapointed but I think you had pretty awesome week. Shake it off!
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