TravelingTri wrote:
Going to try a crash week for the first time after 5 years in the sport. Been training 14 hours a week pretty consistently, doesn't take much out of me. Could do more but limited by work. No significant limiters, crashing volume for 140.6. Friel says a good starting point is 50% overload which would put me about 21 hrs. I was thinking more around 25 going ballistic on the bike if my rear can handle it. Anybody got any advice, things to avoid, mistakes, crash and burn etc.
Thanks!
I would say its not so much what you do in the camp week , if you get enough rest and sleep,( apart form doing the classic mistake trying to race/ destroy everybody in the first 2 days of the camp and then falling apart...) but how you deal with the training overload and potential stress on immune system ( especially if you fly back form a warm climate to a cold climmate ) at the end and after the camp.
the biggest issue i see is that people get sick after camps as they dont take that into consideration.
stuff to help there
dont go crazy on last day of camp the last long ride or hte last hammer session ..
the typical get drunk on last day of camp should be avoided at all costs ( well more than a class of wine a day should anyway be avoided at all times )
and go easy for some days after the flight home as flying is just not great for immune system.
and of curse the first question is does it really make sense to fly to a camp or drive for many many hours that is less than 10days in the first place.
avoiding the stress and hassle can go a long way. and yes at the same time change of landscape can be nice.