Reset

Another day of solid recovery going on. Guilt free resting, or at least it should be. My overactive guilt complex is so aggressive that even though I know I raced just three days ago I am feeling bad that I am not training more. Athletes are stupid sometimes.

To be fair, whilst I am in recovery mode, I am not exactly doing nothing. As I mentioned yesterday, this morning it was down to the pool for an easy swim. Just a bit of technique and rolling the arms over. Like my bike session yesterday, everything was stiff and tired when I got started but things rapidly began to loosen up and it was a nice swim in the end. A cruisy couple of kilometres.

This morning I also had a sad realisation. For the last little while my body clock seems to have been determined that my wake up time really aught to be about 4:20am. I have been in denial about this for a few weeks now as I generally don't like being out of bed any earlier than 4:30am. People have their limits and that is mine. Despite my stubborn body clock I have been heading to bed later when I know I have a sleep-in in the morning, knowing I will be able to stay in bed. Unfortunately this has simply resulted in me getting less sleep as my body continues to wake up at 4:20am. This is okay for the odd morning or two, but it quickly leads to fatigue, which is a good way to get sick or injured or both. This morning I admitted defeat and decided that I am going to have to start going to bed assuming my body is going to wake up at 4:20am. Means extra early nights becoming the norm, but it should also mean I will feel better in the long run.

Back on the trainer in the morning for a bit more of a spin. Before returning to running tomorrow night. I full expect my return to running to be a bit painful just as my first ride and swim have been, so tomorrow afternoon will all be about slow and steady. Looking forward to it though.

Oh yeah and I just entered Challenge Phuket. Go me.

Time for some more recovering.