Comments on: Have a Rest! Unintended Super-Relaxing http://gritandglimmer.com/have-a-rest/ Eat, Love, Ride, Explore. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:27:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: velosopher http://gritandglimmer.com/have-a-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-2913 velosopher Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:32:03 +0000 http:///gritandglimmer.com/?p=829#comment-2913 Heidi, I don't know you and don't want to be overly familiar, but I can't tell you what a terrible experience I had with overtraining last fall. (Read about it <a href="http://velophoria.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-overtrain.html" rel="nofollow">here.</a>) It was quite the lesson (which I still didn't completely learn). I wholeheartedly agree with RC: Overtraining often consists of too much training AND too many life stressors. I found it too hard to stop, so my body ended up simply stopping me: I was literally falling asleep at my desk at work, couldn't socialize, couldn't ride. I hope this is more severe than what you're going through, but the warning signs of which you write seem too familiar not to mention it. The sooner you dial it back, the less time you'll have to actually be off the bike. The longer you wait, the deeper and longer-lasting the effects. Wishing you a full and speedy bounce-back! I enjoy your blog. Keep it up. Heidi, I don’t know you and don’t want to be overly familiar, but I can’t tell you what a terrible experience I had with overtraining last fall. (Read about it here.) It was quite the lesson (which I still didn’t completely learn). I wholeheartedly agree with RC: Overtraining often consists of too much training AND too many life stressors. I found it too hard to stop, so my body ended up simply stopping me: I was literally falling asleep at my desk at work, couldn’t socialize, couldn’t ride.

I hope this is more severe than what you’re going through, but the warning signs of which you write seem too familiar not to mention it. The sooner you dial it back, the less time you’ll have to actually be off the bike. The longer you wait, the deeper and longer-lasting the effects.

Wishing you a full and speedy bounce-back! I enjoy your blog. Keep it up.

]]> By: RC @ Upper Echelon http://gritandglimmer.com/have-a-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-2912 RC @ Upper Echelon Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:01:59 +0000 http:///gritandglimmer.com/?p=829#comment-2912 It's not the training in isolation, it's balancing LIFE with training. You have been doing so much recently! Launching your new website/business (looks great), getting your mom's website going, having your TEN year anniversary (congrats HP and Salvo!), etc. This is stressful and adds up. But, you also had a great race this weekend :) Great job Heidi! RC It’s not the training in isolation, it’s balancing LIFE with training. You have been doing so much recently! Launching your new website/business (looks great), getting your mom’s website going, having your TEN year anniversary (congrats HP and Salvo!), etc. This is stressful and adds up. But, you also had a great race this weekend :) Great job Heidi!

RC

]]> By: erikv http://gritandglimmer.com/have-a-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-2907 erikv Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:50:31 +0000 http:///gritandglimmer.com/?p=829#comment-2907 I sure hope Heidi doesn't get burned out and have a lack luster cyclocross season. You're hitting it awfully hard there, kid. I sure hope Heidi doesn’t get burned out and have a lack luster cyclocross season. You’re hitting it awfully hard there, kid.

]]> By: Bandobras. http://gritandglimmer.com/have-a-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-2906 Bandobras. Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:40:45 +0000 http:///gritandglimmer.com/?p=829#comment-2906 After coaching rowing for several years I came to realize there was at least as much potential lost to over training as to under training. Take a break, have a nice time, come back and start again. After coaching rowing for several years I came to realize there was at least as much potential lost to over training as to under training.
Take a break, have a nice time, come back and start again.

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