Getting the right amount of recovery

[from Friday]
Lately I’ve had a few days where I definitely knew I was off. This week I’ve been wearing the heart rate monitor more. The trend this week is that after two hard days, the third day I’m not quite 100%. This really shows up with the heart rate data. Certainly I don’t feel as sharp on the third day. Okay so this is good but what does it mean.

There’s probably two key factors that are contributing at this point. The first and the biggest is rest. I simply need more of it. This cannot be under estimated. I’ve been working fairly hard on keeping my sleep pattern consistent. With the travel last week I’m sure that I’m behind a few hours. I guess the only thing left to do is make sure that I get more naps. J Somebody has to do it. I might as well be the one.

The second factor that has been affecting the running has been my weight yo-yoing up and down. When it gets away from me it makes the running that much harder. This has been a good week. I hope to keep the trend going.

That’s all for tonight.