Hi all,
I'm currently in my peak week before Challenge Penticton - scheduled for 18 hours of swim/bike/run. My monthly started on Sunday, and I am completely exhausted - don't know if I'm pushing into overtraining or if the exhaustion is partly because of the hormone cycle. I'm eating plenty of calories and getting about 9 hours of sleep per night, but I don't have the energy for the key workouts on the plan this week. As you can imagine, this is very worrying, especially for my last long run on Thursday. Any advice or suggestions? Am I just "ironman training tired" and need to push through it, or do I need to rest today and tomorrow so that I can make sure to get in that long run Thursday?
Thanks in advance for any calming words!
I'm currently in my peak week before Challenge Penticton - scheduled for 18 hours of swim/bike/run. My monthly started on Sunday, and I am completely exhausted - don't know if I'm pushing into overtraining or if the exhaustion is partly because of the hormone cycle. I'm eating plenty of calories and getting about 9 hours of sleep per night, but I don't have the energy for the key workouts on the plan this week. As you can imagine, this is very worrying, especially for my last long run on Thursday. Any advice or suggestions? Am I just "ironman training tired" and need to push through it, or do I need to rest today and tomorrow so that I can make sure to get in that long run Thursday?
Thanks in advance for any calming words!