benb
04-29-2016, 09:25 AM
I normally do a "block" of training with the most intense day first and then each day tapers down.
This typically happens in a 2-day block like this:
Day 1 (Mon): Recovery
Day 2 (Tues): Hard Intervals
Day 3 (Wed): Most likely tempo
Day 4 (Thurs): Recovery:
Or the weekend one usually looks like this:
Day 5 (Fri): Sprints
Day 6 (Sat): Hard intervals in a longer ride than weekdays
Day 7 (Sun): Most likely a tempo interval in the longest ride of the week, otherwise easy pace
This week I got messed up in the middle of the week and I did the Tempo workout on Wednesday and then decided to do the Threshold intervals Thursday and take a rest day friday.
Holy cow.. the first day was easier than normal (tempo) but I didn't over do it. Second day was incredibly harder than normal, I couldn't maintain the power levels and I buried myself trying. When I do it in the correct order the tempo day will seem a little harder than when I'm fresh but it's not impossible and it doesn't cause any particular problems.
Then last night.. couldn't sleep at all, I fell asleep relatively easy but I woke up at like 4AM and never really got back to sleep. Unquestionably I have to do a recovery day today, I feel incredibly exhausted today.
I guess the training plan does successive days easier and easier on purpose! I think I may need to start paying attention to sleep and see if I can figure out a pattern, I am OK with a bad night's sleep after outlier/super hard workouts but it's become a pattern lately and I don't want it to happen on a regular basis.
This typically happens in a 2-day block like this:
Day 1 (Mon): Recovery
Day 2 (Tues): Hard Intervals
Day 3 (Wed): Most likely tempo
Day 4 (Thurs): Recovery:
Or the weekend one usually looks like this:
Day 5 (Fri): Sprints
Day 6 (Sat): Hard intervals in a longer ride than weekdays
Day 7 (Sun): Most likely a tempo interval in the longest ride of the week, otherwise easy pace
This week I got messed up in the middle of the week and I did the Tempo workout on Wednesday and then decided to do the Threshold intervals Thursday and take a rest day friday.
Holy cow.. the first day was easier than normal (tempo) but I didn't over do it. Second day was incredibly harder than normal, I couldn't maintain the power levels and I buried myself trying. When I do it in the correct order the tempo day will seem a little harder than when I'm fresh but it's not impossible and it doesn't cause any particular problems.
Then last night.. couldn't sleep at all, I fell asleep relatively easy but I woke up at like 4AM and never really got back to sleep. Unquestionably I have to do a recovery day today, I feel incredibly exhausted today.
I guess the training plan does successive days easier and easier on purpose! I think I may need to start paying attention to sleep and see if I can figure out a pattern, I am OK with a bad night's sleep after outlier/super hard workouts but it's become a pattern lately and I don't want it to happen on a regular basis.