Lately, between work,stressing out over trying to get financing on a business deal and training I have just been exhausted. My work-out pace-times have dropped off and my "race-pace" sets are either agonizing or just disappointing. This is from a peak about a month ago when I was swimming seconds faster than my projected race pace on all my 50s,75s, and 100s
So what's the solution? Bumble on through the rough spot and hope there is a light at the end of the tunnel? Stop training for a week or more and recover? Switch training to something else altogether? Or maybe pick the pace up and punish my old bones into obeying the master plan?
LIfe always gets in the way of feeling great every day. Use swimming as a way to get away from the other stuff & have fun with !
I agree with this too. Whenever i'm overly tired (which i have been a lot recently with 55-60 hour work weeks) I try to swim accordingly. I don't think there's any reason that you have to swim hard every session. I'll take a workout and just swim conservatively. Aiming to be long and strong, hold my form and not worry about times being slower. 8 hours of sleep and a day off training at least once a week helps me too.
LIfe always gets in the way of feeling great every day. Use swimming as a way to get away from the other stuff & have fun with !
I agree with this too. Whenever i'm overly tired (which i have been a lot recently with 55-60 hour work weeks) I try to swim accordingly. I don't think there's any reason that you have to swim hard every session. I'll take a workout and just swim conservatively. Aiming to be long and strong, hold my form and not worry about times being slower. 8 hours of sleep and a day off training at least once a week helps me too.
