OS Weeks to Come ...
For a handful of reasons - most specifically related to doing a half-marathon on Feb 6, I took the good advice of the coaches and hopped from Wk 14 to 17, so that I would finish up the OS timely with the running race. Sounded like a great idea at the time ... and I'm sure it will be in the end.
But, this is one of those things where it is a lot less fun in the moment.
These later weeks are tough!
90 min run Sunday ... followed by a tough Tue (3x15) bike+45 min brick run -- a 2 hr workout total ... followed by a Wed run (3x1; 2x1/2) that amounts to over 7 miles in 'around' an hour. Yeesh! I need a nap.
I know it's supposed to be tough, but this is the first time I've actually felt hammered by the work so far. I guess I should be happy to have made it this long, that or I've been slacking the past 4 months.
Have a fun week !
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Because of an early May HIM (A race), I also jumped ahead in the OS but I did it from the start, in other words I started at about week 4 or 5 , can't remember. So I am in Week 18 right now and you are so right, the last two weeks have been brutal. I'm still not sure what "phase" this is (VO2?) because one bike workout has 2x20@FTP and then the next will have 5x2.5s. Either way, I am definitely in the best shape of my life but paying the price as I limp around my office. Week 20 can't come soon enough!
Good Luck all in the last few weeks!!!!!
Agree with what you guys have said so far. These weeks are no joke! My season is somewhat different that most EN-ers in that after the OS I have a week of TRANS, then a 12 week build to an Olympic, and then after that a 12 week to a HIM.
I feel like I'll be able to do an Olympic today, let alone after the rest of the OS and another 12 weeks!! (swimming aside, of course
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Good luck everyone!
I know this is the EN Mantra, but b/c of a work trip to the frozen Northeast, I had to move Tue bike (wk 18) into today. Stacking Sat ride/brick (2 hrs - 40 mi outside , w/ EN intervals and 1900 ft of climbing), Sunday run (10ish miles w/ repeats), and Tues bike (2x20)+run into 3 successive days has me VERY glad tomorrow will be forced day off.
Now if I could just find my legs ... they seem to have been lost somewhere
Have a good week all!