Performance Management

Well owing to family emergency x 2 last week, the death of our furnace, and a car breakdown I missed 4 days of training (gasp!).

I think that's the most I've taken off since 2006 when I broke my right elbow.

I benefitted from the rest in 2 wats, #1 I was present and accounted for in the midst of family crises and #2 I came back with an increase in FTP on the bike.

Currently dabbling in performance management software on Training Peaks, the above is a graph of the last month. The middle blue line is chronic training load, pink peaks are acute stresses, and the yellow is an approximation of race readiness. The small dots are individual data points.

I really don't grasp it all quite yet as it does seem like the "average" scores they refer to for the average athlete are maybe pro athlete and not normal people averages.

With that said, this week being a Marathon race week for me should be aimed at doing short intense bouts which keep the blue line up, while somehow letting the yellow line normalize so that I come into a race somewhat fresh with preserved fitness.

So we'll see how that works out this week!


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