My wife and I had our 3rd daughter last night. I am trying to figure out how to adjust my training. I have my Half Ironman coming up June 30th and my full at IM Louisville. I am wrapping up the last week of the build phase and start specialty on Monday. I already dropped specialty from mid volum…

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[image] jlawn: our 3rd daughter last night. :tada: Congrats! Train when you can, don’t worry when you can’t. It’s a hobby, not a job. :wink: [image] jlawn: For example, if I have a 1 hour bike ride at 4:30am, but I have only slept 3 hours …then don’t get up at 4:30, get another 3h s…

Thanks Joe! [image] JoeX: Remember, it’s not the training that makes you faster, it’s the recovery. No recovery means no faster. This is the part I am worried about. At lot of the topics are about finding time to train, but thanks to my work schedule I don’t have that issue. I did find one…

Tough spot, man. Just had our second ten weeks ago, and I shifted from SSBMV down to Low Volume Build. Even that caught up with me after four weeks, and I’m only cycling. Good news is now that we’re more settled, I’m back to SSBMV again and no issues (again, only cycling). In your spot, I’d just ac…

sleep is so crucial; I wouldn’t sacrifice it for the ride; you’ll need to do some other shuffling if possible, but don’t get 3h and then ride intensely. Your body will eventually crash

I figured it would be more work to create a new thread. My daughter is 1 month old and sleeps like a frigging champ. 4 hours at a time. I have noticed though that I need to take 1 full day off for recovery though. Below is my schedule for next week. I try to take either a Monday swim or a Tuesd…

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mcneese.chad April 30, 2019, 2:29pm 2

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