Sunday, January 29, 2006

Sleep

Last week (week 8) was a monster week of training for me at 19.5 hours. I realized that with an upcoming trip to the US, followed by some business projects, getting in training time in February was going to be tougher, and so I felt compelled to squeeze in some key workouts now.

I had even planned to wake up early this morning and ride again at Oifuto. However when the alarm went off this morning, it was clear to me that I need the rest more than the ride.

Everything I have read on triathlon training has stressed the importance of recovery. And the best recovery is sleep. Most people apparently do not get enough sleep anyway and I have heard it suggested that individuals training for a triathlon need an hour or more per night than they would otherwise.

I have found that I need more sleep than most people. Left to myself I will sleep 9 hours per night. Much less than that starts to take a toll on me quickly. Moreover my circadian rythmn seems to be off - I belong on a planet with a slower rotation, maybe 25 or 26 hour days. I find my sleep patter benefits wonderfully when I fly several time zones west. I often think that I would be in best shape if I could just circle the globe continuously like this.

So now you have to wonder how do I have time to do ANYTHING else these days? I spent 19.5 hours on pure training time last week, but the getting to and from the workouts, and showering etc. added at least 12 hours to that. And on top of that I am sleeping absurd amounts to recover.

So I look around at my apartment - what a disgusting mess. No time to straighten up anything. After March 4th I will need to catch up on a number of things. I don't know how these other ironman find the time to maintain this training regime.


Week 8 - January 22-29

Total Hours Training - 19:30
Swim - 3:00 (7 kilometers)
Bike - 10:30 (255 kilometers)
Run - 6:00 (67 kilometers)

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