first day of training...I threw up
So i've decided to start racing and take cycling more seriously, I've been riding my whole life but never competitively. I'm still trying to figure out a training schedule but today i thought i start out with some intervals since i ride solo allot and want to keep up on the accelerations of group riding.
I wasn't feeling the best, maybe because I woke up at 11 am, ate a grilled chicken sandwich at 12 and start biking at 1:30, an odd schedule for me. Did some climbing intervals for 10 miles or so, came back down into the rose bowl and on the second lap I pushed a little too hard and after a particularly intense sprint i pulled over, thew up on the edge of the golf course! some golfers came by and offered me water i laughed and said no thanks i'm fine. Felt great after though! Did two more laps and went home. oddly enough this isn't the first time I've thrown up in sports, when i first moved to California and started surfing the salt water would make me throw up. And when i was a ski racer sometimes in dryland i would push too hard once and while and loose it. maybe I should carry a bag with me so next time I can hurl on the fly?:thumb: |
Originally Posted by dfisha
(Post 8487652)
maybe I should carry a bag with me so next time I can hurl on the fly?:thumb:
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Yes good advice, Like i said i don't have a schedule down, I've been reading both online articles and threads on here. While I'm new to cycling racing I'm not a idiot, I've been a top level sponsored athlete and I know my body extremely well and the effects of over training. I've been doing interval training since in one form or another since I was 14 or so. I was not "wrecking" myself but rather just an odd day, perhaps I worded the event a little too dramatic ;-). I thought it was just kind of funny event.
Regardless I will get a good training schedule down with tangible goals. Tangible part is so important for me because in the past I've trained without a consistent way of measurement so I had no idea how i was progressing. |
Maybe you're lactose intolerant.
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Originally Posted by Hocam
(Post 8487815)
Maybe you're lactose intolerant.
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I puked last year when I first started serious intervals. IMO it is a sign of a good workout and a barrier passed.
There are intervals that are very beneficial, they are called "ride 'til you puke" I am a firm believer that they work, but don't do them too often, maybe every 6 weeks or so. Keep up the good work. |
the first time reggie bush trained with L.T. he threw up.
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Originally Posted by dfisha
(Post 8487747)
Yes good advice, Like i said i don't have a schedule down, I've been reading both online articles and threads on here. While I'm new to cycling racing I'm not a idiot, I've been a top level sponsored athlete and I know my body extremely well and the effects of over training. I've been doing interval training since in one form or another since I was 14 or so. I was not "wrecking" myself but rather just an odd day, perhaps I worded the event a little too dramatic ;-). I thought it was just kind of funny event.
Regardless I will get a good training schedule down with tangible goals. Tangible part is so important for me because in the past I've trained without a consistent way of measurement so I had no idea how i was progressing. You pushed yourself too hard for your fitness level. |
You're about 3 months behind schedule I'd say if you're planning to race. You should have started a base program in early December. Much like you, this will be my first year racing but I carried much of my fitness from last year into Base 1, 2, 3 and now Build 1.
You might be better served by coming up with a good, "consistent" base program and then move into intervals later. |
Maybe you shouldn't drink so much ;)
The good news is that you have the will, and desire to push yourself so hard that you puke :thumb: |
Originally Posted by irish pat
(Post 8488036)
I puked last year when I first started serious intervals. IMO it is a sign of a good workout and a barrier passed.
There are intervals that are very beneficial, they are called "ride 'til you puke" I am a firm believer that they work, but don't do them too often, maybe every 6 weeks or so. Keep up the good work. |
Originally Posted by FormerBMX'er
(Post 8490178)
You're about 3 months behind schedule I'd say if you're planning to race. You should have started a base program in early December. Much like you, this will be my first year racing but I carried much of my fitness from last year into Base 1, 2, 3 and now Build 1.
You might be better served by coming up with a good, "consistent" base program and then move into intervals later. |
Originally Posted by MrCrassic
(Post 8490219)
It's fine to be "late" if you're just starting. You're just supposed to race, see if you like it and THEN start training hard.
I figure if I'm going to race then I'm starting out "popin" giving it an honest effort. If I don't like racing or suck to high-hell then I'll be in great shape for centuries and fitness rides. |
Originally Posted by grolby
(Post 8487689)
Buy a copy of Joe Friel's book. Etc etc.
New edition came out last month, too; it's a good read |
Originally Posted by MrCrassic
(Post 8490215)
No, it's not. There are tons of reasons why this can happen, most of them pointing to an error in self-nutrition. Then there's also going way over your means, which can (and should) be done without throwing up.
You need to have a base to do them, but you cannot discount them-you may be unsuited to these, and although I hate them, they are my final 3-4% of ultimate gain prior to an A race. |
Originally Posted by dfisha
(Post 8487652)
and after a particularly intense sprint i pulled over, thew up on the edge of the golf course!
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Originally Posted by irish pat
(Post 8492128)
Sorry man, but I have done these intervals and there is nothing that can match them, they are guaranteed to raise your VO2 and your pain level-you may not believe in them, but there was an article in Bicycling magazine with them last year, this was after I started doing them. The rider Herzig? said they were the most intense intervals he ever did, but they were also the biggest gain in strength he had.
You need to have a base to do them, but you cannot discount them-you may be unsuited to these, and although I hate them, they are my final 3-4% of ultimate gain prior to an A race. |
You should NOT be wrecking yourself in training. There are a lot of people on these boards with a lot of knowledge to share. Buy a copy of Joe Friel's book |
I'd say it's more likely you had a full stomach and were dehydrated than you went too hard.
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Originally Posted by cmh
(Post 8492172)
Can you explain these ride till you puke intervals? You aren't taking about Tabata intervals are you?
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I guess the question is what did you want to get out of posting this? I know there are a lot of responses, but it seems like you are not asking any questions in your original post.
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Originally Posted by StanSeven
(Post 8488371)
Obviously you don't. You've been "reading" yet you've been "a top sponsored athlete"!
You pushed yourself too hard for your fitness level.
Originally Posted by FormerBMX'er
(Post 8490178)
You're about 3 months behind schedule I'd say if you're planning to race. You should have started a base program in early December. Much like you, this will be my first year racing but I carried much of my fitness from last year into Base 1, 2, 3 and now Build 1.
You might be better served by coming up with a good, "consistent" base program and then move into intervals later.
Originally Posted by jfmckenna
(Post 8490213)
Maybe you shouldn't drink so much ;)
The good news is that you have the will, and desire to push yourself so hard that you puke :thumb:
Originally Posted by MrCrassic
(Post 8490215)
No, it's not. There are tons of reasons why this can happen, most of them pointing to an error in self-nutrition. Then there's also going way over your means, which can (and should) be done without throwing up.
Originally Posted by jonestr
(Post 8493508)
I guess the question is what did you want to get out of posting this? I know there are a lot of responses, but it seems like you are not asking any questions in your original post.
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