Training & Nutrition - can I take Monday off please?

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rumrunn6
03-21-10, 06:57 PM
last week was full of training including two consecutive days of running outside in the real world distances that I haven't run since last fall. two days of my regular intense weight training; one regular swimming day and capped with a Saturday riding longer than I have since last summer. I know I gave in to overtraining and paid the price with some pain pretty much all over. I'm trying to figure if I did anything tomorrow what would it be. and for the life of me I can't think of anything besides walking ... ugh can I please just take tomorrow off and just walk 3 miles at lunch? please? I promise I'll do something intense on Tuesday!

valygrl
03-21-10, 08:20 PM
I thought you meant "Can I take Monday off work so I can ride my bike?"

Anyway.... yes, you may.
Sapling
03-21-10, 09:49 PM
Be your own dog. I run my own training, why beg someone else for permission.:thumb:

umd
03-21-10, 10:42 PM
Yes
Lamp-Shade
03-21-10, 11:07 PM
Make like Garfield and get rid of Monday.
GirlAnachronism
03-22-10, 07:30 AM
I always take Monday off.
leftturn
03-22-10, 09:01 AM
Just have two Tuesdays.
koffee brown
04-02-10, 09:22 PM
No offense, but I don't see what you do as training. It doesn't seem efficient or planned. I don't see any kind of rest day, and when you get the opportunity to take a rest day, you still want to do something. I'm going to lay down a bet that you don't make it to August 1st with no real improvement past mid-June.

What you might want to do is get on the usacycling.com website and find a coach. Hire one for a month and get some tips on how to train efficiently, not overtrain and exercise inefficiently- good luck.

koffee
rumrunn6
04-03-10, 05:53 PM
nice bike!
gh29er
04-04-10, 06:20 PM
sure, take it off.
rumrunn6
04-05-10, 02:59 AM
well, not today. I'm for over training again. 44 miles yesterday; weight raining this morning; running at lunch; swimming tomorrow morning and maybe I'll bike to work on Wednesday and swim Thursday ...?
late
04-05-10, 06:25 AM
Koffee is one of our gurus.

Take her advice, get a coach.
late
04-05-10, 06:28 AM
What you might want to do is get on the usacycling.com website and find a coach.


That website is for sale, and I didn't see coaches mentioned.
MTBLover
04-05-10, 07:02 AM
well, not today. I'm for over training again. 44 miles yesterday; weight raining this morning; running at lunch; swimming tomorrow morning and maybe I'll bike to work on Wednesday and swim Thursday ...?

What are your goals here? If it's to overtrain, it looks like you might be hitting that- your first post suggests that you're either bragging (I don't think so, but, others might) or you're genuinely getting worn out- a major symptom of overtraining. So just to repeat- what, specifically are your overall goals, and what are the goals of the components of your program? Speaking of which, what is your program?
koffee brown
04-10-10, 12:18 PM
That website is for sale, and I didn't see coaches mentioned.

My bad.

It's: http://www.usacycling.org/coaches/search.php

There ya go! :-D

koffee