Last night I went to bed with every intention of getting up early for a morning swim. This morning I woke up absolutely every intention of staying in a soft warm bed. Of course it didn't help that masters swimming starts at 5:30am. Motivation is hard to come by at 5 in the morning. And that's when a little voice in my head say, "no one should over train, rest is good. Besides you're going to work out for 3 hours after work" Which I did.
Athletes have a line to walk and progress is often made if that's a very thin line. So the question is, when is the hurt something to overcome and when is it something that needs action (through inaction).
This Saturday I have a race. Part of me wants to push it, see what I can top out at and get a good workout. But I'm going to continue, the best I can, with my training model of keeping my heart rate down... At the very least I do know that it's helping change the metabolism of my cells. But it will also probably keep me from getting any stress injuries.
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