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November 17, 2007
Ahh...Rest and Recovery Indeed
First off, I really like the "tagged" game because I am learning quite a bit about my blogging "friends"! That game spread like wildfire!
Secondly, I would like to tell you all that I slept in until 8:23 am this morning! Now for those special people who have the ability to sleep in until noon, or perhaps 1 pm, that's not too impressive. But for those of us who usually get up at 4:45 am and perhaps more like 6 am on the weekends, this is major news! With no 4 hour bike ride, transition run and swim on the schedule though, really what do I have to do?
Sure the house needs cleaned, and I have a car appointment to get to and we have dinner plans with friends tonight but we have ALL day to accomplish these tasks so why not sleep in a little! This rest and recovery stuff isn't so bad afterall. I better not get too used to it!
Speaking of R&R, my coach did get back to me on the "what's next" question. As I suspected he didn't really want to hear from me until December. Fair enough. But he did say that doesn't mean I have to take the rest of November "off" per se. Light workouts are allowable and so that's what I think I'll do - AFTER this weekend. :) Some light spinning on the trainer, easy runs (if the hamstring is up to it) and some easy swimming until December when I'll start a "maintenance plan" and then January when I'll start up for real again. To tell you the truth, it hasn't really been that hard yet not to "train" but if does get hard, I'll remind myself that this is my chance to rest and recover - my one and only! Because come January - it will be a full 11 months until I'll get my chance again. :)
On that note, I think it's time to make myself some tea and watch some tv. O and Roxy are out running in the snow/sub 30 degree temps right now. Suckers!! :)
Posted by beth at November 17, 2007 9:43 AM