Week IM – 18: The Break

This week was a week off. I was skiing in Sweden. A week “off” isn’t in the training plan I’ve been following, but I felt safe enough taking it. I still consider myself to be on target.

It’s interesting to think that such a high volume training plan could absorb a week with a lot less work and remain unaffected. I think it will though. I wonder where the point is where one too many breaks throws performance into an un-recoverable spiral, where you’d be below the point where training could get you up to the level of the race you’re aiming for.

It essentially all comes down to discipline. The more disciplined you are, the more you can deviate from your training plan – that is; if you postpone a workout early in the week, will you fit it in on Friday morning when you’re tired, before the other workout you had planned? It’s generally easy to tell the people who would – and funnily enough it’s the people who’d never postpone a session to begin with.

I got to the gym in the hotel in Stockholm on Friday and got one good session in, at least. As well as two cycles on Saturday and Sunday when I got back. No swims left the weekly total at a restrained 86Km bike and 14.5Km running.