Picture the scene, you arrive at the hotel, drop off the bags and then head down to check out the leisure facilities only to find that the pool is far shorter than the website pictures or brochure suggested. What do you do? Moan and then avoid, telling yourself that that was a waste of time and spent the time avoiding said disappointment? No!
Get changed, get in and practise your push and glides, turns and then work on your sculling, all the stuff that you 'never have time for' back home. It isn't always just about the distance.
Enjoy.
Sunday, 12 February 2012
Saturday, 11 February 2012
Illness, workload, training and feeling under the weather
For the last couple of weeks, I've not felt great. This in part I think is to do with the weather, my body telling me to rest and a greater sense of workload at work. As much as I like to consider myself an athlete, it is not my sport that pays the bills, so there are times when work needs to come first. Don't get me wrong, I most definitely work to live not live to work but sometimes needs must.
I've carried around some sort of virus for the last couple of weeks resulting in headache that to be blunt has been a distraction. I've been determined to not miss time from work, it is also when my work load appears to have gained pace. So has my work load increased or have I become less efficient and productive because of not feeling on top form? Well I think it is a little bit of both.
January was an awesome month for me in terms of training, kicking off a good 8lbs in weight and getting some consistent hours of training per week in, one week I even smashed in 10 hours. With this lull in February, I'm wondering whether I did too much in January? The ice and freezing weather are also factors that have detered me from outdoor training; with a lack of cold winter gear combined with feeling below par, my training has suffered.
I've now got a weeks holiday from work. The plan was to smash as much training in as possible, the demon in me whispers, 'man up, get your ass moving,' whereas the guy in white is telling me to kick back and take stock, to get myself right. If I'm going to be back to my more efficient self, I need to find a balance and build more slowly. We live and learn, after all things are difficult before they are easy.
Interested to hear your views and how you approach workload and illness with regard to consistent training.
Any question I have is how many hours per week do you spend training and how did you build up to this figure?
I've carried around some sort of virus for the last couple of weeks resulting in headache that to be blunt has been a distraction. I've been determined to not miss time from work, it is also when my work load appears to have gained pace. So has my work load increased or have I become less efficient and productive because of not feeling on top form? Well I think it is a little bit of both.
January was an awesome month for me in terms of training, kicking off a good 8lbs in weight and getting some consistent hours of training per week in, one week I even smashed in 10 hours. With this lull in February, I'm wondering whether I did too much in January? The ice and freezing weather are also factors that have detered me from outdoor training; with a lack of cold winter gear combined with feeling below par, my training has suffered.
I've now got a weeks holiday from work. The plan was to smash as much training in as possible, the demon in me whispers, 'man up, get your ass moving,' whereas the guy in white is telling me to kick back and take stock, to get myself right. If I'm going to be back to my more efficient self, I need to find a balance and build more slowly. We live and learn, after all things are difficult before they are easy.
Interested to hear your views and how you approach workload and illness with regard to consistent training.
Any question I have is how many hours per week do you spend training and how did you build up to this figure?
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