tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189289378926567244.post9106710320962566764..comments2023-10-10T09:25:23.630-04:00Comments on Velophoria: How to OvertrainHarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731815508918636273noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189289378926567244.post-72017712587601460952008-12-29T12:45:00.000-05:002008-12-29T12:45:00.000-05:00NOL, really good to hear from you again. And nothi...NOL, really good to hear from you again. And nothing makes me happier than to think that someone could benefit, even a little, from my mistakes (even if its just to learn that there are others out there making the same mistake!).<BR/><BR/>Boy, your account does sound eerily similar to my experience. I enthusiastically support your decision to build in rest periods, that might not even be suggested in the usual training literature. I hope to do the same. One reason I'm not sure if I'm going to try racing this year for the first time is that I'm not very good at doing things less than 110%. It's a very celebrated trait in our society -- too celebrated. It has a distinct downside.<BR/><BR/>One training book I like very much that takes the issue of rest and overtraining quite seriously is "Cycling Over 50," by Joe Friel. I was only 44 when I first read the book, but I found it really helpful, having only been moderately active for many years prior to starting *my* first year of serious endurance training.<BR/><BR/>I try, in Velophoria, to celebrate the value (and benefits, and joy) of life-balance, rest and recovery. Thanks for underscoring that!Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02731815508918636273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189289378926567244.post-74643050569717388592008-12-29T10:53:00.000-05:002008-12-29T10:53:00.000-05:00I really appreciate your account of overtraining. ...I really appreciate your account of overtraining. This past year was my first season of racing, and though I didn't have time to really focus my training, I was commuting a lot (150-200), adding sprint workouts, and racing at the track every week. Combined with the life stressors that you mentioned - I had a new, very demanding, very full time job. I got terribly sick the last week of July, after a month of feeling on top of the world. And afterward, I just couldn't rebound.<BR/><BR/>It was a good learning experience to hit, and for this upcoming year I'm taking care to plan some off-times. Consistency at race series be damned. I'll take a week off here and a week off there lest it cut my season and my mental and physical health much shorter than I want it to.No One Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902282734965802244noreply@blogger.com