CLAfitness.com CoachLesley.com
  • Home
  • About CLAFitness.com
    • Coach Lesley
    • CLA Support Team
  • Services
    • Why hire a coach?
    • Running
    • AlterG / Anti-Gravity Treadmill
    • Triathlon
    • Overall Health and Fitness Goals
    • Consulting
    • ChelanCamp >
      • ChelanCamp FAQ
      • ChelanCamp Schedule
  • Training Blog
  • Contact
  • Resources

CLAFitness.com Training

OWN YOUR OWN TRAINING

6/20/2017

2 Comments

 
Picture
 
You had the best intentions when you signed up for this goal race. Maybe you were hoping the goal race would help motivate you to get in consistent training. But sometimes for whatever reason, things just don’t go to plan. What do you do these last couple of weeks of training if you’ve not been able to do as much training as you would’ve liked?


Stop beating yourself up.

let go of the guilt and own your own training. It’s time to look realistically at what you did the last few months of training and where you should go now to make it to the start line.

Are you healthy?

If you have been courting an injury, step back and figure out whether pushing training more now will make or break you. If there’s a chance of breaking, it’s best to take the next couple weeks very lightly with running. Crosstrain as you can based on the injury, work on recovery and make the call about even starting the race as it gets closer.  A DNS (did not start) is an option that all athletes make at some point or another. Any experienced athlete understand just how difficult that can be but know that it can be the right decision.

Did you miss a lot of training?

Are you healthy, but life and/or motivation interrupted? The next two weeks are a chance to satisfy the desire to still build fitness but not stress your system too much. If you’ve not run that long yet, don’t go out and run close to race goal distance of 13 miles. Aim for 8 miles knowing that will boost your fitness and you’ll still be able to complete the distance. Now is not the time to add in track or tempo runs. Keep your runs shorter and easier to keep the injury risk reduced and keep your legs fresher. There is no cramming for an endurance event.

Plan for walk breaks.

We know a lot of athletes who want to run the entire event and that is their goal but if you do not have the fitness to sustain that, plan for walk breaks early and often. You can use the aid stations (about every 2 miles in this race) as a good reminder to walk. You may need to place strategic walks more often. These walk breaks when planned are a great way to cover the distance yet still give you the break you need to complete the race.

As always, run (and walk) grateful.

Manage your expectations about the race. Be smart about fueling and hydration, sunscreen and chafing protection. You won't be setting a personal record but you can still participate and enjoy the event. Even getting to the start line is an accomplishment that not everyone will ever see in his or her lifetime. Enjoy the ability to go the distance!
2 Comments
Qdot International link
10/9/2019 04:42:42 am

nice work. keep up the good work.

Reply
LoadX link
4/13/2020 02:09:45 am

nice work, keep up the good work.
excellent

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    RSS Feed

    Categories

    All
    Adventure
    Aqua Jogging
    Bad Race
    Basebuilding
    Bent Over Reverse Fly
    Bicep Curls
    Bike Trainer
    Biking
    Black Canyon Ultra 100k
    Boston Marathon 2018
    Bucket List
    Calf Muscles
    Canoeing
    #CLAFitness2020in2020
    #CLAFitnessMovementBingo
    CLA Team
    Corona Virus
    Corvid19
    Covid-19
    Creative Fitness
    Cross Training
    Cut Back Weeks
    Deep-water Running
    Depression
    Dryland Swim Routine
    Early Season Triathlon
    Easy Run
    Eccentric Calf Raises
    Event Report
    Fall Changes
    Falling On A Run
    Feet Elevated Clamshells
    Fueling
    General Training
    Gift
    Glute Strength
    Goals
    GPS Watch
    Grit
    Group Run
    Heat
    Heat Training
    Hiking
    Hill Running
    Hoka
    Holiday
    Hot Weather
    Hydration
    IMAZ 2017
    Inactivity
    Injury
    Injury Prevention
    Injury Recovery
    Intentions
    Ironman
    Ironman Arizona
    Ironman Canada
    Ironman Training
    Keep Moving Forward
    Lactate Threshold
    Losing Fitness While On Vacation
    Marathon
    Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome
    Mental Training
    Motiva
    Motivation
    Muscle Matters
    New Year's Resolutions
    No Training
    Nutrition
    Open Water
    Pacing
    Panic Training
    Paris Marathon 2019
    Periodization
    Plank
    Podcasts
    Post Race Blues
    Power Hiking
    Protein
    Quarantine Workouts
    Race
    Race Course
    Race Day
    Race Preparation
    Race Recovery
    Ragnar Relay
    Ragnar Ultra
    Recipe
    Recovery
    Reflective Gear
    Registration Anxiety
    Rest Day
    #restdaybrags
    Rest Day Brags
    Reverse Clamshells
    Road To Ironman
    Runner Buddy
    Runner Gift Guide
    Runner Safety
    Running
    Running Economy
    Running Gear
    Running Orthotics
    Running Partner
    Running Shoes
    Running Watch Tips
    Run Versus Walk
    Seattle Stairway Foot Tour
    Seattle Stairways
    Self-care
    Shin Splints
    Should You Train When You Are Sick
    Sighting
    Sitting
    Sleep
    Speed
    Strength Training
    Stress Hormones
    Strides
    Summer
    Swimming
    Tales From The Day
    Tales-from-the-day
    Taper
    Team
    Tempo
    Trail Running
    Trainer
    Training Anxiety
    Training Benefits Of Heat
    Training For Life
    Travel
    Travel And Training
    Triathlete
    Triathlete Gift Guide
    Triathlon
    Tripping
    Tuck
    Ultra
    Upper Thoracic Mobility
    Vacation
    Vegan Chickpea Salad
    Video
    Virtual Races
    Walking In A Race
    Western States
    Winter Weather
    WSER
    Year End

    Archives
    Our prior blog is available here: LINK

    November 2020
    July 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    January 2019
    October 2018
    September 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017

    Author

    Is there something you'd like the CLA team coaches to address? Let us know!

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • About CLAFitness.com
    • Coach Lesley
    • CLA Support Team
  • Services
    • Why hire a coach?
    • Running
    • AlterG / Anti-Gravity Treadmill
    • Triathlon
    • Overall Health and Fitness Goals
    • Consulting
    • ChelanCamp >
      • ChelanCamp FAQ
      • ChelanCamp Schedule
  • Training Blog
  • Contact
  • Resources