I'm struggling to find the motivation and energy to get in the water today. Fast, demanding work week, finally a blessed AM of sleeping in without an alarm clock (at somewhere near 10 hours).
But I've got an open water swim a week from now. While I didn't get in enough yardage to need to taper, and my goals for the swim are simply to be safe and have fun, I don't want to be physically limited in the waters of Lake Superior. So I feel compelled to go to the pool.
How do others manage the trade-off of rest vs. training?
Off to the pool now. I'll let you know how it goes.
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Bill, that's exactly what I did. Drilling, working on sighting, long repeats without the pace clock, etc.
And of course listening to the body is the obvious answer. On the way to the pool I was reflecting on what I'd posted, and it was obvious I needed an easier day than I might have imagined. Then I looked back at threads on this topic and a consensus seems to emerge: recovery is slower as we mature. I don't think that's a rationalization.
Runners have a simple "10 minute" rule of thumb: get out and run, and if you still feel crappy after 10 minutes, shut it down. Seems that an analogous rule of thumb for swimming might be that if you can't keep your stroke from becoming sloppy, then the intensity needs to go down.
Bill, that's exactly what I did. Drilling, working on sighting, long repeats without the pace clock, etc.
And of course listening to the body is the obvious answer. On the way to the pool I was reflecting on what I'd posted, and it was obvious I needed an easier day than I might have imagined. Then I looked back at threads on this topic and a consensus seems to emerge: recovery is slower as we mature. I don't think that's a rationalization.
Runners have a simple "10 minute" rule of thumb: get out and run, and if you still feel crappy after 10 minutes, shut it down. Seems that an analogous rule of thumb for swimming might be that if you can't keep your stroke from becoming sloppy, then the intensity needs to go down.
