Sunday, 25 April 2010
Adjusting My Season
The 2-3 weeks of reduced exercise due to injury has been a major set back to my season. At this point there is nothing I can do about it, but reorganize and reschedule my yearly plan. I have spent my time injured working on various scenarios depending on how long I was injured. Fortunately, I have only missed 2 weeks. It could have been much worse. Unfortunately, it was right at the beginning of my first build period.
I have decided to step back into a fourth base period that will only be three weeks long. The goal will be to try and get back as much of my base gains as possible. I don't know how realistic that goal is. I have been running twice since my return and both times my heart was really elevated at what should have been a high zone 2 run. You have no idea how discouraging that feeling is. I was basically running at what I felt like was a good solid pace and my heart was racing like I was running at full speed. Hopefully, my body will quickly adjust to the stress allowing me to return into the same ball park as my fitness pre-injury.
I am going to follow up my short base 4 with a 5 week build period. The end of the build period will coincide with my first A priority race of the year. Knowing I won't be peaking, I'm going to re-prioritize the race down to a B category. I'll then transition into a 3 week build/peak phase leading up to my second A race. I should be able to peak in time for this race. I know I won't be as strong as I should be, but it is the best I can do.
How does this affect my racing schedule? I am skipping the race next weekend. My current level of fitness would just frustrate me if I tried racing. Rather than worrying about racing, I am going to focus on getting the most out of my shortened base period. As of now, I am planning on keeping the rest of the races on my schedule. As mentioned earlier, I am planning on demoting the Olympic distance race in Shelbyville from an A priority down to a B+. Instead, the sprint in Indianapolis the weak after my A Olympic race in Chattanooga will be promoted to an A race.
After those final two races in July, I have a vacation planned which will chop up the rest of my season. Afterwards, I'll come back spend time in base and build to work on my speed before calling it quits for the year. I'll take a month off before getting back into training. Most of the end of the year will be spent in cross training. I'll probably start up my base training in the second half of December.
I have decided to step back into a fourth base period that will only be three weeks long. The goal will be to try and get back as much of my base gains as possible. I don't know how realistic that goal is. I have been running twice since my return and both times my heart was really elevated at what should have been a high zone 2 run. You have no idea how discouraging that feeling is. I was basically running at what I felt like was a good solid pace and my heart was racing like I was running at full speed. Hopefully, my body will quickly adjust to the stress allowing me to return into the same ball park as my fitness pre-injury.
I am going to follow up my short base 4 with a 5 week build period. The end of the build period will coincide with my first A priority race of the year. Knowing I won't be peaking, I'm going to re-prioritize the race down to a B category. I'll then transition into a 3 week build/peak phase leading up to my second A race. I should be able to peak in time for this race. I know I won't be as strong as I should be, but it is the best I can do.
How does this affect my racing schedule? I am skipping the race next weekend. My current level of fitness would just frustrate me if I tried racing. Rather than worrying about racing, I am going to focus on getting the most out of my shortened base period. As of now, I am planning on keeping the rest of the races on my schedule. As mentioned earlier, I am planning on demoting the Olympic distance race in Shelbyville from an A priority down to a B+. Instead, the sprint in Indianapolis the weak after my A Olympic race in Chattanooga will be promoted to an A race.
After those final two races in July, I have a vacation planned which will chop up the rest of my season. Afterwards, I'll come back spend time in base and build to work on my speed before calling it quits for the year. I'll take a month off before getting back into training. Most of the end of the year will be spent in cross training. I'll probably start up my base training in the second half of December.
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