Week 13 of Endurance Phase - Recovered!!

Well what a difference a week makes. One week I am totall zonked out and can hardly train and the next I am full of energy and giving it all I got! Such was the case with me in the last couple of weeks. This week was a great week except for the weather which kept me inside on a couple of workouts. After that fatigue I experienced last week, I approached my training cautiously to ensure I was completely recovered. But not to worry as everything was back on track again. The biking was a bit dicey as the roads were icy and the weather was not cooperating. I therefore did some of my bike workouts inside on my spin bike followed by a run on the treadmill when it was a brick. All good!

Originally my program was designed around a 15k race that I was suppose to do this last weekend so since I decided to skip this race, I kinda had to modify my training. a bit this week to compensate for this. I increased my running distance a bit as well as my biking. Not a problem as everything went well. Because of my fatigue the prior week to this last one, my coach had recommended that I take L-Glutamine 2 - 3 times a day to increase my muscle recovery time. This substance is one 62% of the total amino acids that the body produces on the average but is quite depleted when doing hard workouts. Since it is one that is naturally present in abundance there is no bad side affects from supplementing this with other vitamins and minerals.

As it turned out it had quite a marvelous effect and did in fact speed up my post workout recoverys as well as the unexpected result in that my bothersome shoulder pain seemed to have disappeared all of a sudden. Bonus! This resulted in better swims this past week that were relatively pain free. I was even able to increase the power in my stroke with no lingering throbbing pain afterwards. This gluatamine supplement seemed to be good for me so far so I have decided to keep on taking it. As well I am supplementing my diet with Omega 3 capsules, extra vitamin D and other anti-oxidant to rid my body of those free radicals. I am also reading more into homeopathic medicine, natural healing and other health related articles. It sure can't hurt so why not try and improve my health any way I can.

As for my training this week, I couldn't of been more happier, and it was capped off by a great long run and as luck would have it found a $20 on the road in the process. What more could I ask for.......well maybe a $100 dollar bill would have been better but hey let's not be greedy! I'm am very happy, appreciative and content that I seem to be back on track again. Now.... on to my last week of endurance before I enter into the strength phase. Now the bike portion would really increase. But I am ready, willing and able so bring it on!