Rest Days – few and far between can lead to over training…

I know rest days are important to help me recover from my exercise.

For now, I have one day of rest from cardio activity – Friday, but that will soon disappear, and even increase to a two-a-day cardio soon when I bike and run in the same day. I had been counting on the fact that biking and running use different muscle groups, but I shouldn’t do that. They are still legs.

My strength training is five days a week, but it is varied so I am not doing the same muscle group in a row (varies between lower, total, abs, and upper body).

I have to be aware that my training (biking and running together) doesn’t become “over training” and somehow find a day where I can fit rest in…

I also need to make sure that I start specifying that my Thursday runs are “active recovery” days from my Wednesday tempo run. No more speedwork or trying to increase my speed on these Thursday runs if I want to keep up this training regimen of running and biking.

I wonder how those who are training for triathlons do it?

Today’s Accomplishments: Treadmill Tempo run: 4.51 miles, 41 minutes, 9.05 min/mile, Crunch Ab Attack

• 4.2 mph warm-up walk for .25 mile
• 6.5 mph run to 10 minute point
• 7.5 mph run to 16 minute point (6 minutes)
• 6.5 mph run to 20 minute point (4 minutes)
• 7.5 mph run to 26 minute point (6 minutes)
• 6.5 mph run to 30 minute point (4 minutes)
• 7.5 mph run to 36 minute point (6 minutes)
• 6.5 mph run to 40 minute point (4 minutes)
• 4.2 –3.5 mph cool down walk additional 3 minutes

Yesterday’s Accomplishments (Feb 3): Bike Ride 22.87 miles, 1 hour 46 minutes; 4:37 min/mile, 12.94 mph; Crunch Cardio Sculpt using 5-8 pound weights.