That's me this week. If I don't get enough sleep on Sunday & Monday nights, I'm stuffed for the rest of the week. I just can't catch up. Mike, my PT, wants me to try & get 8 hours sleep each night. Tell 'em his dreaming I say. I'm probably lucky to get 6 each night which is enough to keep functioning without falling asleep at my desk but perhaps not the best for recovery purposes. Thankfully the Christmas-related events ease off next week...
Monday
AM - killer PT session (60mins). I've never had my legs actually refuse to work before. My brain was saying to them 'take a step forward'. All they could in response was hold me up - just. Aside from some of the days trekking in the Himalayas, I think it was one of the hardest sessions I've ever done.
- 5mins run w/u
- 2 x supersets of:
(a) lunges with 'pulses' at the bottom on a ladder structure - ie 6/8/10/12/10/8/6 - each set finished with what was supposed to be an explosive step up onto a bench - let's just say that I was lucky to be able to step at all by the end of the session; and
(b) split jump lunges
- 10mins ride/5mins run brick session
- core (jack knife & plank)
- stretching
ET was training in the gym at the same time, saw me running on the treadmill & gave me some very encouraging feedback on my running style, form & stability. It's nice to know the hard work is (finally) paying off
Tuesday
AM - (scenic) 20mins walk + 15mins run. It's getting easier. Kinda. Sorta.
PM - managed to escape work at a decent hour & headed to the pool for my swim. 1.3k swim including 3 x 300m efforts with 60sec recovery. I felt ok, not great, in the water tonight. But the nasty dark clouds overhead kept me moving because I dreaded the thought of having to move into the busy indoor pool in the event of a thunderstorm.
Wednesday
AM - my legs are still sore after Monday's session with the PT. Thankfully I had a relatively easy 32:30min bike session in front of the telly this morning including 10 x 45sec efforts/10 sec recovery.
PM - massage
And no, Bro - not the Seven Summits. Only some of them. And a few others :-)
2 comments:
yes - sleep is good! you are still an energiser bunny. you make me tired just reading about what you are getting up to!!
for someone who did only 15mins of dedicated running all week you sure did a lot of exercise!
youre gonna be damn fit when u get back to doing the longer stuff.
less work more sleep.
hope u have a break over chrissie.
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