Saturday, 2 August 2008

to smashed and back again

the end of last week was pretty miserable, 2 weeks of consistent swimming and cycling (basically 2hrs of swimming and 2hrs of cycling everyday, with plenty of intensity) put me into a pretty big hole and by thursday evening all i was capable of doing was crawling into bed after eating everything that wasn't nailed down in a desperate bid to recover. friday was an easy day and thankfully i'm feeling much better today. it always amazes me how dynamic but also unpredictable the human body is, i've literally gone from thinking that i would need a couple of days off to looking forward to another weeks hard training...a complete physiological and psychological reversal, perhaps i should save that disscussion for another day.

not so good was having to stand one of my best mates up tomorrow as i have to train instead, being selfish and narcissistic is undoubtedly the hardest part of being an 'athlete'. i try hard not to indulge it but sometimes the decisions are unavoidable, i'll just have to make sure that i nail the session tomorrow to justify my choice.

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