Touch and Go
I was flying high last week only to fall on my face this week. Looking back a few months I can honestly say that training has been going EXCELLENTLY since the first week in December. I kept it nice and easy in all of my workouts while building up time. Trying to build endurance and speed skills. Not speed, just speed skills. I feel that this step in my training was crucial and I was rewarded by feeling really strong in my proceeding workouts. As time went on I built up my hours to a maximum of 12 weekly for now. In the past year I would suddenly find myself depleted of energy and motivation after a hard week or two of training. My new plan is, after each week with more than 8 hours hours I pull back to only 5-6 hours. This is my way of staying ON TOP of my rest needs rather than letting my rest requirements get away from me. Women in their forties can identify. This new plan has worked like a charm so far. I have been able to complete 95% of my planned workouts and I'm feeling so...