Bah, I've been feeling pretty under the weather this week and I have no one to blame but myself. Sure, I can try to blame it on my co-worker who insists on showing up to work when he’s practically on his death bed, but really I can only blame myself for trying to ‘cram’ in some last minute training before the Chicago Tri. That’s what happens when you put stuff off until right before the big day. I've been feeling pretty fatigued and achy all over. Anyways, I’m hoping it gets better before this weekend. If it gets worse I might not even race (the last time I raced sick I ended up having the worst race of my life).
Related to that is the issue of sleep. I've mentioned before that I’m a very finicky sleeper and I tend to have issues sleeping the night before my races. I have a hard time shutting off my mind and going to sleep early the night before, and that combined with an early morning start leaves me feeling drained before the race even starts. Well, for my Bangs Lake race a couple weeks ago I tried altering my sleep schedule a bit the week before the race to get my body used to sleeping early and getting up early. I gradually move up my normal bed time over the course of the week so that my body wasn't surprised by the change the night before race day. It actually worked out really well and I got a great night of sleep the night before Bangs Lake. So I’m doing the same thing this week, slowly moving up my bed time and getting up earlier. Volunteering at the kid’s triathlon on Saturday actually fits really well into this plan, since I’ll be up really early that morning and be ready to go to bed at an early time that night. Hopefully this sleep pattern (combined with a quick recovery from my sickness) results in a speedy performance Sunday morning!
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