Showing Up Every Day
Everything hurts. Legs...yup. Shoulders... yup. Hips... yup. I noticed this t-shirt online this morning, which kind of sums up how I feel just now. I'm due back to work tomorrow after a week of annual leave, and for the second time since starting to train under the guidance of Alan from Triathlonworkx , Annual Leave = Training Camp. And in that week, we've had some adventures, spent plenty of time out & about... but I've also seen a couple of important little pieces of progress. More on that in a bit. So how's it going? Well, the last 3 months have seen me working harder than ever before in fitness terms, but I seem to be managing to fit it around my shifts, and with Alan's help I'm managing the fluctuations in energy levels that go with shift work, and being a middle-aged, menopausal, female athlete. I've also learned a lot about how this is going to progress over the next few months. My training load is fairly static whilst on shift, but