Recovery

A slightly easier day of training today, only one session on the cards,

As mentioned yesterday, I got through the weekend feeling fairly flattened and so getting out there this morning was quite a bit of a struggle. I really wasn't sure if I was going to manage the session, but once I got out I got through okay. Fatigue was still fairly high and so the training was a struggle, but I think the quality was alright. Borderline, but passable. That is always the key, consistent training is important, pushing your limits is also important. However, if you are right on the edge of your fatigue levels such that it impacts the quality of your next session then you need to have a think about your recovery strategies and whether you have sufficient low intensity work between your high intensity sessions. Some fatigue is okay, but if you are heading into a threshold session and you are unable to hit your threshold because you are too tired, then you have wasted your time a little. Training hard all the time may feel like the tough-man way to go, but we know that it doesn't actually make you quicker.

At the moment I feel like I am right on the borderline, so it is something I will need to manage carefully.

Speaking of borderline and being careful, did anyone watch Ironman Cork on the weekend? I will never complain about bad weather during a race again. My goodness that was something else. It made some of the weather that we have had in Busselton recently seem tame. Meaning no ill will to Ireland or anything, but it was kind of nice to see somebody else have a cancelled swim for once. Good to see we aren't the only ones with bad weather luck and that it does happen to other events as well.

I had a number of friends competing at IM Cork and I think they are still trying to process what just happened. To all of their credit's they nearly all finished, which is a massive achievement given the conditions. Looking at the footage and the times it was clearly a huge day out. I question the necessity of putting a 21 degree hill into the bike course, sometimes I think event organisers get a bit carried away and put things in races just to make people suffer, which in a race like an IM is a little unnecessary I feel. I mean it is hard enough already, why make it harder, but I guess that might just add to the epicness of the stories that inevitably are going to be told about this one. What an insane day.

Beyond the epic conditions the other item of note from IM Cork is it means that Alistair Brownlee is now going to be appearing in Kona. That is going to make race day in Kona a very interesting day indeed.

Now, if you don't mind I have a bit of recovery to do.