Taper week... sucks

[KSH]

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.

[Wahine]

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.

[rocknrollgirl]

Oh and don't forget the old....elderly triathletes get to have complete days off too...ha ha ha.....

[Bluetree]

Bluetree... I LOVE the picture of that... animal beastly thing.

Karen, that's a Taper! er... Tapir. Close enuff.

[spokewench]

Suzie... I would suggest you using my coach... as he does a personalized training plan weekly and you can call/contact whenever you want... for only $85 a month. Very cheap compared to other coaching places.

Although, he does NOT believe in rest days. He considers swimmig a rest day. I asked for a rest day... and he just doubles up my running and swimming on one day.

I'll be interested to see if I even get a taper before my Oly.

Your Coach would kill me! I've never been the type to not have rest days. I just have never recovered that well even when I was younger. Now, that I'm older, I really need rest days. Be careful if you feel like you are burning out KSH, cause you could really feel overtrained if you don't rest. Every good coach will tell you that you tear down (tear muscle) when you train and then when you rest it heals and you recover stronger. Please listen to your body as well as your coach.

[KSH]

Your Coach would kill me! I've never been the type to not have rest days. I just have never recovered that well even when I was younger. Now, that I'm older, I really need rest days. Be careful if you feel like you are burning out KSH, cause you could really feel overtrained if you don't rest. Every good coach will tell you that you tear down (tear muscle) when you train and then when you rest it heals and you recover stronger. Please listen to your body as well as your coach.

Well... who said I listen to him ALL the time?

I typically end up with 1 rest day a week or more... depending on what kind of week it has been... and if I skipped swimming.

[Wahine]

Good luck this weekend Blue!!!

[KSH]

Good luck this weekend Blue!!!

AAAAHHHHH!!! She has her race this weekend. I can't wait to read the race report!

[Wahine]

That's how I read it, but I could be wrong. However, I highly doubt that Blue could tolerate a 2 week taper into a race. She'd likely go crazy.