Hi all, This year has been a really good year for me from a training perspective (pretty dire in all other respects, but every cloud etc…). I’ve been able to be consistent with my training and because I am not at work, and not with my work mates, my calorie consumption fell dramatically and I’m now…

It all makes complete sense. Looked at from the outside you’d just say “well duh, of course I’ve run out of steam”, yet from the inside you beat yourself up for failing. Give yourself a break, start to daydream again about future events then when you’re ready to resume you’ll know. Don’t force it, …

When you fail can you describe what’s going on? Are you failing due to RPE feeling mentally too hard? Or do your legs just want to explode? Are you running heart rate. If so what is your heartrate during those intervals and what is your max?

Hi Bigdirt, when I fail on intervals it’s a mix of things. Mentally I’m thinking why am I doing these insane hard intervals when the season is over. My legs feel like lead anyway and feel like they aren’t recovering from prior workouts. My max HR is ‘maybe’ about 174… Truth is I don’t really know, m…

Thanks, had a read through before posting. Useful for sure, but not quite hitting the spot. I guess the answer is to focus on strength and base now and pick the harder training up next year when the forthcoming season is the motivator.

Thanks Grasp, all wise stuff, although it’s hard to let go of the summer fitness. Thanks.

Sounds like you’ve lost your summer sparkle which in my opinion is way more important than ability to hit power numbers. Having a break, going for some walks, sitting around eating and chilling, all help unload that run down feeling. Personally then I suggest just riding around outside for a while…

Yep, that Summer Sparkle has definitely left the building. My SPB MV is now over and this week is meant to be rest week but I’ll no touch the bike this coming week and will do exactly as you suggest. I do like that term ‘Training Addiction’. It does feel like that sometimes. Still, probably worse ad…

I always say that as an addiction goes it’s not a bad one where the side effects are that you get incredibly fit and know your body well. However I speak from experience when I refer to losing sight of the bigger picture. After 5 years of hard training and racing I ended up taking two whole years …

[image] grawp: 15hr days Firstly, gross. [image] grawp: weekends marked as ‘soul rides Secondly, I quite like this idea of marking out some fun time in your week so that you can proactively avoid burnout and ride because/when you want to. Thinking to incorporate this into my calendar …

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Hitting the end of season wall - failure to finish sessions

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rkoswald November 27, 2020, 10:10pm 2

Similar thread here with lots of good info. Overall your plan sounds reasonable to me.

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