Hello all,
I am currently on Base 2 phase of my plan.
All was going good this year, gains where being made then about two weeks back it all started going down hill.
I haven’t been able to complete a single workouts in this phase, even having trouble with my endurance rides.
I thought it may have been that I was tired so I took a few days off but no luck.
With all of these failed workouts and a family holiday I have coming up AIFTP will drop from 249 to 207 and my goal for the CX race season will not be met.
So I don’t know if I should scrap the plan so I won’t have to struggle with Vo2 workouts or just try to push forward and let TR do it’s thing.
I set my calendar to public, not sure if I got the link correct.
Anyone on the TR staff you’re welcome to share and findings you guys come across.
Thanks
The link would seem to indicate your calendar is still set to private.
Also, since we won’t be able to tell this from your calendar: how’s your fueling? Have you taken a look at the TR Nutrition Calculator that Jonathan posted a bit ago? Using that data, I had to increase my caloric intake rather dramatically, but I feel it’s helping (and I seem to actually be losing a little weight).
Obv too little information at this point to tell if fueling is a contributing factor but just because I am a huge advocate for EATING MUCH MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU SHOULD I’m tagging along to +1 w Nigel here.
EAT EVERYBODY! Or rather, EVERYBODY EAT!
I also feel your pain a bit, I’m a bit off plan as well due to one thing and another and I have to make my last 6 weeks progress all over again. But hey, if I hadn’t made all the progress I hade made in the first place I’d be even further back than I am now.
Sometimes you have to spend your savings; that’s what they’re for. But it’s galling, I’ll give you that!
Keep your head up. You know what to do to get back, you’ve done it once already 
I’ve been fueling like I’ve normally have been even up my on the bike carb intake but I haven’t looked at Jonathan’s link on fueling.
Will take a look now.
I went back and updated the calendar settings, it should be visible now.
It’s still about 4 months to cross season. Don’t panic. Take it easy, enjoy your holiday and quality time with the family. Likely you’ll feel much better afterwards, and happy to train hard again. A bit of a reset is often good, the numbers don’t tell the whole story. You don’t fully detrain as quickly as the numbers say, and your fitness will come back quickly.
If you want to do any riding right now, get the cross or MTB out, and ride some trails, maybe work on a few skills.
It does sound like training fatigue. I had a similar experience last spring - it took more than just a couple of days of rest to reset.
Maybe switch the next few workouts to something easy. The cruise probably comes at the right time. I would personally do some kind of training during the cruise since several weeks off will decrease your form, I think.
In my own experience, a few weeks of light training did the trick, and I was back in business.
In addition to fuelling and possible training fatigue (which I take to mean fatigue caused by over training?)… I have also found instances in my training “career” when my mental health/motivation can flick a switch in my body which adds/removes 50 watts (or whatever wattage figure is useful in your scenario). This may not apply to everyone, or even make sense … but I have found that some days … something happens in my head … and my legs just don’t work. It’s like they have disappeared. But then other days … i feel on top of the world, and it is like my legs have found an extra 50 watts from somewhere. I hope that is useful … and is a roundabout way of saying look beyond the physical … and look after yourself.
I think you’re fatigued and the model acts like it, too. It’s going down in ALs for your hard workouts to let you recover. If I were you (and I’ve been in similar situations), I’d temporarily stop doing the easy endurance rides in the loading weeks and treat the interval days like races when it comes to sleep and nutrition. If you don’t feel recovered, push the workout for the day after. Drag’n’drop is your friend if you schedule can handle it (leaving out the endurance rides will make space for flexibility). As soon as you hit your next endurance week, reduce intensity of the workouts as you see fit to make sure you’re not hampering recovery. Eat plenty.
I never thought about this, thank you.
I have been eating more as that was the first thing that I thought about.
Keep in mind that this has worked for me as a short term way to push through a training block and hopefully enter the following one on track. YMMV, bodies are different. If it doesn’t work, maybe you need to look for a more sustainable solution long term.
One day I feel I’m on top of the world
And the next it’s falling in on me
I can get back on
I can get back on
One day I feel I’m ahead of the wheel
And the next it’s rolling over me
I can get back on
I can get back on
Far Cry by Rush