Highs and Lows
I’ve been having a bunch of highs and lows in my training recently. I’ve been trying to get back onto P90X and keep running. I was very hard core about P90X the first time through, and I think I got a lot out of it, but it wasn’t always easy to fit in the workout when traveling or trying to find family time.
I highly recommend that anyone who tries P90X does go full out for the 90 days. I was able to see a lot of improvements and got kind of ripped for the first time since college. I’ve backed off a little and given up some of the ‘rippedness’ at the price of staying sane and getting some sleep, but I wouldn’t change anything about the first time through.
Here is my about 80% into P90X the first time:
I don’t really want to get any bigger, but I really enjoy lifting weights and I love the plyometrics workout from P90X. So I’ve start doing P90X again a few weeks ago, but this time I am not anywhere near as hard core about it. If I feel like sleeping in a day, I do and move the workout to the next day. I’ve also dropped the Kenpo workouts as I don’t feel I need any extra cardio, and this gives me an extra rest day.
Last week, after finishing my 50th state, I did a legs and back workout and pushed it fairly hard. I felt completely trashed. My heart was 10-15 beats higher than normal and I just felt weak. I went for a run that morning and just couldn’t seem to get started. I struggled through 4 miles at 8:30/M pace. I don’t mind running at 8:30/M pace, but the effort level required was about what it should be to run 6:30/M. I just couldn’t get my breathing right, and my legs felt like lead. I know some of this was residual marathon soreness and the fact I had done a legs workout 30 minutes before. But I do this all the time, normally I don’t get very sore after a marathon, and when I was hard core on P90X it didn’t really seem to affect my training runs.
The next day I struggled through another 4 miles run around the same pace. It was just brutal. I told my wife perhaps by body gave me enough leeway to finish the 50 states and now was calling in its markers.
On Saturday I decided to run with a good friend and we ran a comfortable pace for 10 miles. I didn’t do P90X Saturday, Sunday, or Monday. In fact I took Sunday totally off and went to watch my son’s triathlon. All three of us took naps that afternoon and went to bed earlier than normal.
On Monday morning’s run it became clear my body just needed some rest. I again skipped my weight workout, and went running. I was able to run 4 miles at 7:20/M pace and it felt comfortable. I was happy. This morning I woke and did plyometrics pretty hard, but I didn’t feel wasted afterwards. Then my run I started out slow and just kept ratcheting up the pace and finished in the low 6:00/Ms and an overall pace of 7:10/M.
I feel like I am coming back. Marathon in Deadwood this weekend, hopefully I can keep the positive momentum going.
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