...tired...

Man, I am dead tired today.  My training sessions were less than stellar.  This post is gonna be short.  :)

Monday I did the strength class at SF, and I said "for the third week in my block, I am feeling pretty darn good!"  Last block I was already pretty tired by the beginning of the third week.  For my non-tri followers, generally speaking we train in blocks of usually 4 weeks - 3 weeks on, 1 week recovery.  Periodization is what it is called.  It gives your body a chance to recup and repair so that you reap the benefits of your training.  Matt grinned at me and said "tell me how you feel in a few days".

Sure enough, last night I was tired, though I managed to really bust out a good interval session on the treadmill, but this am - good lord, I was so damn tired.  I actually got back into bed after getting up for swim at 5am.  Don't worry, the race in a month got me out again, and I dragged my ass to the pool, but I couldn't do the whole workout.  My tank was empty by about 50 minutes.  I called it, and went home.  I was a little out of it all day, bumping into things, and even left the house with only half my makeup on!  Spin tonight wasn't much better - I really just wanted to fall asleep on the couch - but I did go and was happy with just being able to spin my legs for an hour.

It's been a rough week.  Bunch of layoffs at work, one of my favourite people included (Murph), and then the stress of the closing which isn't going to happen tomorrow after all...

Will be skipping tomorrow morning's run and sleeping in.  I have the Tundra Time Trial on Saturday - my first ever - and a long run on Sunday that is really a key workout.  So I will opt for rest tomorrow which will do me better in the long run (ha, no pun intended!).  Thanks to Tracy for making me realize it's okay to do that under the right circumstances!

Night all.  Happy Training!
Kat