Hitting a wall during Cross Country Summer training..?
I've been running for about two months for cross country training this summer. When we started running, i continued to break my own personal records,and my times started coming down every time we'd practice. Our dead period was a week ago and it lasted for two weeks, I continued to train duirng this period and now that we are back my times keep getting worse, even though i feel i am in better shape than ever. I cross train on every off day, doing things such a biking or weightlfting. How can i shake this wall? I really need my times to start going back down, tryouts for varsity are soon! I really can't understand why my times are so awful! Any suggestions?
I am certain that you train too much. I've been there.
You need a day or two off each week unless you have a coach and a special diet and really know your stuff. As in heading to the Olympics kind of knowing your stuff.
When you train, you strain your muscles, making lots of micro tears and accumulating lactic acid. When you rest, your body repairs these muscles with the stuff you eat. It can take a day or two to fully heal. Also, your body uses mitochondria to move energy around your body and they get depleted with over training.
The good news is that it's easy to rest! If your spent, take a couple of days off right away! You will not lose any fitness, I guarantee it. Also take some vitamins, they do help. After two days off, go out for a moderate workout and you should feel better. Take another day off. Then go have some fun and I think you will go a lot faster and feel lighter since you will have your strength back.
You have to let your body rest and heal or it will stop performing well.
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