I thought for you swimming was rest.Originally Posted by KSH
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03-22-2007, 11:01 AM #1
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~ Susie
"Keep plugging along. The finish line is getting closer with every step. When you see it, you won't remember that you are hurting, that anything has gone wrong, or just how slow or fast you are.
You will just know that you are going to finish and that was what you set out to do."
-- Michael Pate, "When Big Boys Tri"
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03-22-2007, 06:57 PM #2
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Bluetree... I LOVE the picture of that... animal beastly thing.
Suzie... swimming is a rest day for me.
Seriously though, for me, it's all about having a day where I don't pack workout gear, get sweaty, etc. I am suppose to swim Fri in the AM... but I'm skipping. I have to train (I'm a software trainer/Training Supervisor for an EDI company) people for 6 solid hours and it takes a lot out of me. Work comes first."Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside thoroughly used-up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!"
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03-22-2007, 09:27 PM #3
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Experienced triathletes actually recover faster with a Z1 workout than with a complete day off. As long as what we are talking about is recovering from training, (not illness or injury). So a lot of programs don't schedule days off every week. On my "On" weeks, my easiest day consists of a Z2 30 min ride and a Z1 swim for 30 min. On my rest weeks, I take one whole day off. Yippeeeee.
Having said that, life has a way of interfering with training plans and I often have to take a day off to catch up with other things. So I'd guess that I average 2.5 days off per month.
Triathletes with less experience recover more quickly with days of complete rest.
Edited to add: Thanks for the link RnR. Very interesting.Living life like there's no tomorrow.
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03-23-2007, 01:35 AM #4
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Oh and don't forget the old....elderly triathletes get to have complete days off too...ha ha ha.....
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03-23-2007, 03:07 AM #5
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Karen, that's a Taper! er... Tapir. Close enuff. Originally Posted by KSH
Bluetree... I LOVE the picture of that... animal beastly thing.
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