Gained about 2kg over last month! The birthdays and festivities kept the feasts coming and I wasn't adhering to any strict food choice given that it was 'off-season' for me. Should just name Jan the 'cheat month' already!
I've limited my runs as well (5 short runs across the mth), to make sure I allowed my body to R&R. I subscribe to the school of thought where if you were to maintain maximum efforts 24/7, performance levels will eventually plateau and even start dropping. On the other hand, by sacrificing a portion of fitness levels during off-season to allow full recovery can bring greater heights come next season. It is also a great mental boost to revisit the positive gradient than to live in the shadows of LDMR.
Will be starting my ATP next week and I kinda regretted joining the zoo run as it is quite a bad idea to kickstart the training season with a 12km race straight out. Let's see if I can meet my very conservative target of 1hr 40mins.
1 comments:
Just run within your target zone then it will be a good start to the new season. So long you don't follow the crowd and end up in a zone 5 all out race.
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