devashish_paul wrote:
Hi Rob, Now that a month has passed, some more questions:
- How is the body feeling? Around the same as a month after an IM? Better? Worse?
- Are your power levels back?
- How was your sleep over the last month? Any affects
- Did you weight fluctuate after the race (well aside from maybe intentionally going on the Jan Ullrich plan?)
- Any aches and pains for running, or are you good to go?
- When do you start the IM Boulder training?
Hey Dev - thanks for asking!
1. Body feels about the same as after an IM. Although I've really taken my time in terms of enjoying the stuff that normal people do over winter (like some skiing, chilling out, casual bike rides etc.) - I don't think I've done a workout over an hour - most are around 30 min.
2. Yes - power seems pretty good considering I haven't done a lot of riding. I have a local 11 mile loop that I did the other day and 270-300w felt pretty good. Funny enough, lower power levels on the trainer felt a bit harder than before (like 200w feels "solid" now, and before that felt "easy"
3. Funny you should mention that - sleep has been terrible. I wake up at 3am most days.
4. Surprisingly, weight has been stable. I didn't get on the scale for about 2 weeks now - I figure I'll eat what I want for a few weeks and then get more disciplined when I get back into real training.
5. no aches or pains - I did an 8 mile run last week and pace was pretty good - with no pains or aches - a good sign!
6. I'm thinking I'll start an 8 week high intensity block early April, for Boulder 70.3, then do a big volume block after that.
Lastly, I'll probably do the blood panel next week. Will be interesting to see what comes back with that.
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