I've held off posting for a few weeks to provide the report of my first bigger build week of the year and recovery. First big build week of the year was a success - 21.5 total hours with a bike focus following a big bike block (so a ton of bike volume over a 15 days period). I had been averaging about 13-16hrs/week and a few 18hr weeks so a decent bump in volume to stress the body a bit more. We decided to focus on the bike for this block since late November thru Dec were focussed on bigger run volume (45-55 miles/week). I'll admit I was a little worried my bike was getting behind with all the focus on running over the past 2 months and guess what?! bike fitness was still as solid as ever. The body responded very nicely - no extreme soreness or fatigue. Last season I was really dragging during any week over 20 hours. I really felt like I absorbed every bit of the training during the bigger build week. Kudos to coach Torsten for laying this out in a way to stress my body but not absolutely shut me down. Very good mix of aerobic training with some harder efforts to fire the muscle fibers a bit including a 5K race on the Monday to kickoff the week. The recovery week following went well with no residual fatigue or SICKNESS. With the focus on staying healthy this year so this was huge. Money in the bank for the upcoming season.
Build Week Totals (bike focus):
Time: 21.5 hours
Bike: 260 miles
Run: 34.7 miles
Core: 40min
Swim: 10,000M
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