Tonight I did everything possible to NOT get on the computrainer after work.
First, I ate a ton of cookies and crackers. Oops, can't get on the trainer now. Can I just add dinner on to the 1000 calories I just ate?
Then I thought, "you know, I really deserve a break from work."
I emailed Tim...."I don't feel like getting on my trainer. SOS. Hint Hint." (Like he cares- it is my race, not his. He is not going to rah-rah me on the trainer. It is up to me.)
I threw the ball with the dogs.
I let the time drag on till it was going to be too late to get on the bike.
I pulled out some lame training excuses : "but I already did a similar workout in the past few days. I don't need this one, right?"
I checked my calendar. Am I PMS? Um, yes. (that is the week before when I just eat a lot and don't feel like doing squat).
I played on the computer.
And finally I got on.
I really do like the trainer, but I dis-like the "compu" part of it. I hate those little evil numbers that are called Watts. When I break it down, I actually don't hate Watts, I hate it when I feel like I have failed a workout, and not "hitting Watts" can do that to me. If you want to win a Watts contest, come see me. I am easy pickings.
I put on a good interview with Scott Molina, and that really helped my workout. Listening to the insane amount of training he did helped me do my tiddly little one hour trainer ride. He also said something in the interview that hit home with me- he never wanted to show up to a race thinking he should have done more in training.
I feel the same way. Our preparation is something we can control, and while we won't be 100% for all of our races, we need to go into our big races prepared. Skipping workouts and logging zeros in the training log does not get me to the starting line mentally or physically ready to race. It feels wonderful to go to a race and know that you have given it your best preparation in training. Thinking about this helped me do all of my intervals exactly the way they were supposed to be done. I didn't even lower the Watts (which I tend to do when I start thinking they are stupid).
So luckily, even though I set everything up so I could fail, I managed to hang on tonight and do the work. Thank you for not letting me sabotage myself. Tomorrow may be yet another battle.
First, I ate a ton of cookies and crackers. Oops, can't get on the trainer now. Can I just add dinner on to the 1000 calories I just ate?
Then I thought, "you know, I really deserve a break from work."
I emailed Tim...."I don't feel like getting on my trainer. SOS. Hint Hint." (Like he cares- it is my race, not his. He is not going to rah-rah me on the trainer. It is up to me.)
I threw the ball with the dogs.
I let the time drag on till it was going to be too late to get on the bike.
I pulled out some lame training excuses : "but I already did a similar workout in the past few days. I don't need this one, right?"
I checked my calendar. Am I PMS? Um, yes. (that is the week before when I just eat a lot and don't feel like doing squat).
I played on the computer.
And finally I got on.
I really do like the trainer, but I dis-like the "compu" part of it. I hate those little evil numbers that are called Watts. When I break it down, I actually don't hate Watts, I hate it when I feel like I have failed a workout, and not "hitting Watts" can do that to me. If you want to win a Watts contest, come see me. I am easy pickings.
I put on a good interview with Scott Molina, and that really helped my workout. Listening to the insane amount of training he did helped me do my tiddly little one hour trainer ride. He also said something in the interview that hit home with me- he never wanted to show up to a race thinking he should have done more in training.
I feel the same way. Our preparation is something we can control, and while we won't be 100% for all of our races, we need to go into our big races prepared. Skipping workouts and logging zeros in the training log does not get me to the starting line mentally or physically ready to race. It feels wonderful to go to a race and know that you have given it your best preparation in training. Thinking about this helped me do all of my intervals exactly the way they were supposed to be done. I didn't even lower the Watts (which I tend to do when I start thinking they are stupid).
So luckily, even though I set everything up so I could fail, I managed to hang on tonight and do the work. Thank you for not letting me sabotage myself. Tomorrow may be yet another battle.
3 comments:
Ha! That sounds so familiar. That's my routine for any swim that's not masters... I hate swimming alone! Good job gettin' it done. What has helped me is using the color coding system in Training Peaks... missed workouts are bright red and it's awful to look at! I am so happy when I turn the red blocks into green :-)
I'm totally guilty of this! A few months ago I took my trainer apart and cleaned/greased the parts because I was procrastinating doing a power interval workout, haha.
Whenever I'm in this situation, I try to remind myself that I *almost* never regret doing a workout, even if it's lousy and I feel I could've gone faster/put up more watts. But, if I freely choose to skip a workout (ie not due to sickness, work, etc), I always regret it.
omg just reading this here after my post on the mental game and your thoughts here at the end are so on the same wavelength. another great example of mental training here!
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