A goal oriented triathlete is at the beginning of her training program, that will last a total of 10 months. Her entire season including all workouts phases and A/B/C races is scheduled. She is currently in her first base phase of the season, having just completed her adaptation/preparation.
This week, as she arrived for her morning swim, she found a sign on the door of her local pool that stated “Due to mechanical issues, the pool is closed”. This was her only chance to get in the pool today. She wonders, “Should I cram this missed workout into the remaining days of the week, or enjoy the time off and get a full relaxing breakfast in before the start of the day? Or should I take this as unplanned rest and increase the load of tomorrow’s workouts to compensate?”
What should she do if this happens again, later in the year, closer to her goal races? Does the phase of her workout program alter the recommended response?
A goal oriented triathlete is at the beginning of her training program, that will last a total of 10 months. Her entire season including all workouts phases and A/B/C races is scheduled. She is currently in her first base phase of the season, having just completed her adaptation/preparation.
This week, as she arrived for her morning swim, she found a sign on the door of her local pool that stated “Due to mechanical issues, the pool is closed”. This was her only chance to get in the pool today. She wonders, “Should I cram this missed workout into the remaining days of the week, or enjoy the time off and get a full relaxing breakfast in before the start of the day? Or should I take this as unplanned rest and increase the load of tomorrow’s workouts to compensate?”
What should she do if this happens again, later in the year, closer to her goal races? Does the phase of her workout program alter the recommended response?
A goal oriented triathlete is at the beginning of her training program, that will last a total of 10 months. Her entire season including all workouts phases and A/B/C races is scheduled. She is currently in her first base phase of the season, having just completed her adaptation/preparation.
This week, as she arrived for her morning swim, she found a sign on the door of her local pool that stated “Due to mechanical issues, the pool is closed”. This was her only chance to get in the pool today. She wonders, “Should I cram this missed workout into the remaining days of the week, or enjoy the time off and get a full relaxing breakfast in before the start of the day? Or should I take this as unplanned rest and increase the load of tomorrow’s workouts to compensate?”
What should she do if this happens again, later in the year, closer to her goal races? Does the phase of her workout program alter the recommended response?
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I know I’d go and have a nice big breakfast with gravy rather than work out what the third guy’s saying.
Apart from the obvious spam of the OP, what the f*ck is “3rd gear metabolic conditioning”?
You gotta be kidding me. Skip it. She’s waaay early in her program. Missing a single workout will make zero (0) difference at the end of her 10 months. Same answer for any phase of training.
Coach #1: Take the day off. No harm, no foul. Make contingency plans in case it happens again.
Coach #2. Take the day off or swap a workout later in the week. No harm, no foul. Make contingency plans in case it happens again.
Coach #3: I’m on crack.
Coach #1: Take the day off. No harm, no foul. Make contingency plans in case it happens again.
Coach #2. Take the day off or swap a workout later in the week. No harm, no foul. Make contingency plans in case it happens again.
Coach #3: I’m on crack.
-Jot
Coach #3 is on crack, and ate his physiology book or something. Dude is OUT there…
I only skimmed the coaches’ responses since they were pretty stupid (and I have years of being professionally coached in my background so I know stupid when I see it). This is not hard. If you are not laughing with joy at the opportunity to blow off one workout because of an act of God, you are not working hard enough. So, if you read the sign on the pool door and say the F word, go for a ride or run. If you read the sign and say “Yes!” go back to bed or out to breakfast.
It’s time for a workout and I don’t feel like doing it. I’m not sick, or sore, or anything major. But maybe I feel tired, or I had a rough day at work, or whatever, but I just don’t have the motivation to get out and do the workout I planned.
I face that more often than not, especially for trainer workouts. Ugh. BUt I think the correct answer, if there is one, is a swift kick in the ass and a HTFU to go with it.
I am the big breakfast type as well. I usually just consider a missed workout due to a pool closure or something like that as bad luck and nothing worth fretting over.
The contingeny plans that the coaches talk about are interesting, though.
I am not going to comment on the coaches advice given - but I always tell my clients - that if they miss a workout then let it go- the week is balanced and trying to fit it in - is never my preferred option. Move on
A goal oriented triathlete is at the beginning of her training program, that will last a total of 10 months. ** Her entire season including all workouts** phases and A/B/C races is scheduled.
I didn’t even get past this comment. It’s pretty hard to know how tired someone’s going to get 4 months from now.
I’ll generally have one or two key workouts loosely planned in a week. If it’s a key workout, it gets made up the next available day and a non-key workout gets dropped that week. If it’s a non-key workout that gets scrubbed, it isn’t made up.
