Schedule
Monday - AM: 2500 meters in the pool
Monday - PM:17 miles on bike trainer
Tuesday - AM: 1 hour weight session
Tuesday - PM: 6.5 mile run
Wednesday - AM: 3000 meters in the pool
Wednesday - PM: 10 miles on bike trainer.
Total time: 5 hours, 33 minutes.
I never put that much time in over a three days span before, even during my marathon training.
Tuesday evening I was laying on the couch and I could tell my heart rate was elevated. This was 3+ hours after my run. I believe that's one sign of overtraining. Wednesday evening I noticed the same thing and then started to get extremely hot and started coughing as if I had a cold. So I scheduled in a rest day for today. I feel much better today. I am hoping for a walk at lunch because it is beautiful outside!
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I've worked at my current job for nearly 11 years. My employer gives us 40 hours of sick time on January 1 and it accrues. I looked at my current total and I have accrued 400 hours of sick time. Doing quick math, that means I've only called in sick 5 times. I believe in the last 4 years I've called in sick once (ironically, it was the Monday before my marathon). Either I am a relatively healthy person or in denial and go to work anyway (sorry cube-mates!).
It sounds like you might be overtraining. I just posted on my blog about this very topic. http://tinyurl.com/4j3cftq Hope that you can modify your training to allow for more rest. Hang in there! Good job on your walk!!
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of rest days! Listen to your body... and please don't get your co-workers sick ;)
ReplyDeleteScotty, listen to your mother -- do not overtrain, remember Molly T. Speaking from experience, you do not want to mess with your heart rhythm and get it out of whack. Why don't you get a good physical soon? Love you and miss you, Mom
ReplyDeleteHi Mom! I appreciate your concern. I had a physical last May when I started doing all this crazy stuff and they actually did take some chest x-rays. I plan to continue doing the yearly physical, just in case!
ReplyDeleteI think you need to be "sick" more often on those beautiful, sunny, warm spring days... :) We don't know anything about overtraining in this family, so can't comment there!
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