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.
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.
I ran for many years and never heard of the 10 minute rule. Even when I wasn't feeling great, I'd usually at least do 5 miles. That was kind of my fall-back distance. When I ran with my dog, she'd pull me along so I didn't have much of a choice :)
For swimming, my fall-back distance is 2000 yards. I'll head to the pool, say I'll do a nice long warm-up, kicking, pulling, drills, and a warm-down. But once I'm in the water, after a warm-up I somehow get some energy back. Even when I feel like not going, I've always gotten in at least 2500, usually 3000+.
If I didn't workout when I wasn't feeling 100%, I'd be lucky to workout once a week.
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.
I ran for many years and never heard of the 10 minute rule. Even when I wasn't feeling great, I'd usually at least do 5 miles. That was kind of my fall-back distance. When I ran with my dog, she'd pull me along so I didn't have much of a choice :)
For swimming, my fall-back distance is 2000 yards. I'll head to the pool, say I'll do a nice long warm-up, kicking, pulling, drills, and a warm-down. But once I'm in the water, after a warm-up I somehow get some energy back. Even when I feel like not going, I've always gotten in at least 2500, usually 3000+.
If I didn't workout when I wasn't feeling 100%, I'd be lucky to workout once a week.
