After hitting a peak fitness level and taking some time off to rest I’m now back into my regular training again.
I took about two weeks break from all my sea sports and even from swimming.
I just did light gym and stretching.
The last couple of days I did a mix of training: swimming, surf paddling, running, cycling with some short and light kitesurfing and surfing sessions.
This felt good – mostly taking it at about 10 – 50% and relaxing into a moderate endurance groove.
Yesterday I stepped up the endurance a bit as an experiment. I did lots of little sessions with lots of resting and eating between. The total training time probably worked out to about 6 hours but most of this was little more than walking exertion. It felt good. But by the end of the day I really felt nicely tired and needed to eat quite a lot.
I slept really well in the night.
This morning I feel a fair bit of that lactic acid fatigue. After training most days for two years it takes quite a lot to get this feeling so it feels like an achievement. I quite like this kind of mild pain as I feel that I have earned it and that I am improving. After a few slow days I’ll be able to take it further and this feels inspiring.
Enjoy the African Summer 🙂
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