I enjoyed a 2-week mid-season break after Ironman Lake Placid. Although I was pretty smashed for the 48 hours after the race, I bounced back pretty quickly on Wednesday. By the weekend, I was itching to get back into structured training. However, I knew that I needed to respect my body (and mind) for what it allowed me to do for 140.6 miles and give it the rejuvination that it deserved. My approach for my two week mid-season break was unstructured fun. Without a schedule as to what to do each day, I let my body and mind decide what it was I would do, and for how long. Aside from swimming, all exercising was kept at a low intensity and included stops as needed. Here's a recap of my 2-weeks of unstructured fun: July 25th: Ironman Lake Placid July 26th: Walking around town July 27th: Fly home July 28th: Road bike (90 min, 4PM) July 29th: Long course swim (~3700 yards, 8:13AM). 40 min run (5:40PM). July 30th: Long course swim (~4300 yards, 9:04AM) July 31st: Bike (~1:20, 1...
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