Things that have happened to me at the end of last season.
I hurt my left hamstring, to the point I sought professional help. I've not gone that far before so it was a big learning experience. Fortunately I have a friend that is a physical therapist and she was able to see me the day after I stopped running due to the injury.
Four weeks into therapy I was doing really well. Pain was gone, I finished my racing season and thought I was on track to train for Long Course Nationals again but I hurt it again. After that setback I let go of my interest in LCN and just went for recovery.
Along with that I was tired. I had a difficult time getting my HR up for any workout, I knew I needed time off but never took it. The hamstring injury presented a good time to get that time off.
I had started training for 2019 Triple T back in November with a lot of running. I quickly got up to 45 miles per week, peaked at 50 and then went back to 40 when I added my bike training in January.
I went to a training camp in Arizona with HFP and rode well, not at peak form but good for that time of year. I then went to Georgia camp in mid April and rode well there. Everything was going well but I was getting tired, by the time I got to Triple T camp I was beyond peak and on a downswing.
I did well at Triple T but could have done better. I was really gassed on the bike and run in the last race but still wound up winning the AG. There were 2 to 3 people there that should have beat me but they had issues on Saturday that affected their Sunday race and 1 that I was able to out-run on Sunday.
After Triple T I raced a Sprint in each of the next two weekends. I felt I did well in both of them but in reality I should have taken that time off. Everything else went downhill from there. I never ran well again, I was just tired all of the time.
By late August I got the hamstring injury and forced time off.
So what did I learn from this:
From looking at my training data, I have it all the way back from 2010 thanks to Garmin Connect, I noticed that I'm able to put 20 to 24 weeks of good training and then I need a break. For several years I've had a good spring race, decent summer races and then the fall races were hit or miss.
The good fall seasons had 2 weeks of downtime in the summer which I think let me rest and rebuild up for the fall.
Also, when I noticed a twinge in my hamstrings it probably already too late to rehab and keep racing. I need to keep them strong with strengthening and stretching. I'm going to keep up that routine throughout my training schedule.
I hurt my left hamstring, to the point I sought professional help. I've not gone that far before so it was a big learning experience. Fortunately I have a friend that is a physical therapist and she was able to see me the day after I stopped running due to the injury.
Four weeks into therapy I was doing really well. Pain was gone, I finished my racing season and thought I was on track to train for Long Course Nationals again but I hurt it again. After that setback I let go of my interest in LCN and just went for recovery.
Along with that I was tired. I had a difficult time getting my HR up for any workout, I knew I needed time off but never took it. The hamstring injury presented a good time to get that time off.
I had started training for 2019 Triple T back in November with a lot of running. I quickly got up to 45 miles per week, peaked at 50 and then went back to 40 when I added my bike training in January.
I went to a training camp in Arizona with HFP and rode well, not at peak form but good for that time of year. I then went to Georgia camp in mid April and rode well there. Everything was going well but I was getting tired, by the time I got to Triple T camp I was beyond peak and on a downswing.
I did well at Triple T but could have done better. I was really gassed on the bike and run in the last race but still wound up winning the AG. There were 2 to 3 people there that should have beat me but they had issues on Saturday that affected their Sunday race and 1 that I was able to out-run on Sunday.
After Triple T I raced a Sprint in each of the next two weekends. I felt I did well in both of them but in reality I should have taken that time off. Everything else went downhill from there. I never ran well again, I was just tired all of the time.
By late August I got the hamstring injury and forced time off.
So what did I learn from this:
From looking at my training data, I have it all the way back from 2010 thanks to Garmin Connect, I noticed that I'm able to put 20 to 24 weeks of good training and then I need a break. For several years I've had a good spring race, decent summer races and then the fall races were hit or miss.
The good fall seasons had 2 weeks of downtime in the summer which I think let me rest and rebuild up for the fall.
Also, when I noticed a twinge in my hamstrings it probably already too late to rehab and keep racing. I need to keep them strong with strengthening and stretching. I'm going to keep up that routine throughout my training schedule.
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