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Originally Posted by Montecore
Nice WIM to get through that; an interval workout like that in the summer seems pretty rough.
thanks, I was actually at the gym for this one, albeit the air con isn't great.
I don't feel particularly confident in my body right now though. It just doesn't seem to be responding to and recovering from work as well as I'd like it to and I don't seem to be getting to better results.
- part of it is lifestyle and I'm hopeful a clean 4-5 weeks will help
- part of it is Summer for sure and I think the heat limits performance but also seems to slow recovery?
- and then part of it is the increase in expectations...I feel like I should still be making significant progress and improving and maybe that's unrealistic. I do think I'm training better and I think my stroke is more efficient than 12 months ago, but maybe I'm very close to my peak and expecting a few seconds improvement in a 1k or in intervals is wishful. But staying the same/getting slightly worse is dispiriting. I did a 3.10.0 the other day, which was only 0.2 slower than the time that won me a medal at the Aus/NZ champs in Oct 21 when I was absolutely delighted and felt unstoppable But the 3.10 left me feeling really flat.
idk...if I can stick to this 5 week 1k program and also much cleaner living and STILL can't beat my pr at the end of it then I'll start worrying.