After a long race or hard workout, most of us mortal would experience fatigue, soreness and general lethagy. Very often we rest till we feel better or when our muscle soreness disappeared before we start training again.
but are we really ready to exert ourselves?
4 days after my 1/2 ironman race, my muscle ache has almost disappeared and am feeling fine.
I did the polar heart rate monitor's build in test for fitness called ownIndex. With all my training for the rest and the 4 days of almost do nothing but act like the sidelined coach, I would like to think that the result would be starling...
and with the extra sleep and food that I had over the last 4 days...
my pre training for the race in June was 52, and today after months of training and being rested, I am at 51!. I should be at 53 if not 54.
all of you would tell me it is only 2-4% points...
30 min later, my students commented that I looked tired! Looking tired after doing nothing for the whole day except eat and surf net.
the nail to the coffin to confirm it all!
maybe the race take more out of me than I wanted to admit. Our normal indicators of recovery like heart rate (I am at my lowest at 46-50 resting when I really sit down for 5min and it is my lowest ever since ironman) and physical symptoms of soreness cannot be accurate indicators of recovery.
do you whether you are ready to train again?
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