What's YOUR Plan?
Many athletes are great about planning their day/week/month/season, but what about planning their off season? ... or maybe next season? POST "A" RACE PLANNING: Most individuals find that without planning, things do not happen. This is most likely due to how busy our lives are. While it's great to have some unstructured time post "A" race, it's important to only let that period last 2-3 weeks and to have a plan for what lays ahead after that time is up. Here is what I recommend, assuming you don't have anything else on your calendar. - 2 weeks off of training. Yes OFF. You can exercise if you WANT to, but in my experience the athletes who skip this, end up regretting it 6 weeks later. YOU NEED A BREAK. - 2 weeks of exercise. This is unstructured, but a good plan of attack is to shoot for some endurance exercise on most days, even if for only 30minutes. - 2 weeks of aerobic re-introduction. A lot of athletes want to get back into intervals