Here's the short version... On a rest day, do you tend to stay away from any strenuous activity? Or does a short, easy swim (mostly drills for 25yd) still count as a rest day?
Here's the longer version... Training for my first tri (Kona 1/2IM), I have a lot of work to do. I am struggling to swim, so I now do M-W-F for an hour. The bike is my strength, and I ride on T-W-Th-S-S so I can race cycling separately as well. You can see that I'm already out of days of the week! And I haven't even started running yet. So, I'm wondering whether the swim workouts on M & F are "easy" enough to be considered rest/off days for now since I mostly do easy drills and maybe 10 lengths of the pool actually "swimming." As I swim better and more, of course those sessions will become harder.
Separate question. How many truly "off" days are normal for long course training? I have Friel's book, but I'm more interested in success/failure stories from real people. In my time on the bike, I've never really been able to tell whether I needed more/less rest. 5 days, 6 days, 4 days, all resulted in about the same.
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Here's the longer version... Training for my first tri (Kona 1/2IM), I have a lot of work to do. I am struggling to swim, so I now do M-W-F for an hour. The bike is my strength, and I ride on T-W-Th-S-S so I can race cycling separately as well. You can see that I'm already out of days of the week! And I haven't even started running yet. So, I'm wondering whether the swim workouts on M & F are "easy" enough to be considered rest/off days for now since I mostly do easy drills and maybe 10 lengths of the pool actually "swimming." As I swim better and more, of course those sessions will become harder.
Separate question. How many truly "off" days are normal for long course training? I have Friel's book, but I'm more interested in success/failure stories from real people. In my time on the bike, I've never really been able to tell whether I needed more/less rest. 5 days, 6 days, 4 days, all resulted in about the same.
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