Progressive Overload

It has constantly been the introduction of going back to work that has put a significant slow down on progress made through the summer holidays. It seems that it might be OK to calculate your 10% increases through your micro cycles with recovery weeks every 4 to 5 weeks. But work doesn't like to conform to this philosophy. Progressive gets lost in the mix and that simply leaves us with overload.

2 goals for the return to work in 2009. Firstly don't feel guilty if you are only leaving for work at 7.30am, you will be their by 7.40am and still beat 95% of your colleges in. Secondly leave by 4.00pm, by all means there will be work to do at home, but make use of the light to get in the afternoon training session. Any way to the first weeks training with work.

Monday 26th January

A day at the Gnome festival (incorporating the Glenbrook Australia Day Festival or vice versa). No training but at grounds by 5.50am and finished packing up at 7.45pm. It must be said an awful lot of Rotarian's managed to help packing up the food and wine festive section,including me.

Tuesday 27th January

Sleep train apparently a bit tired after his training run over 6ft track so no Tue run from the round house. Cant imagine why this sort of training session might be tiring. But then did see him head of to Tuesday handicap run (6.7km) for his 21km (3n a bit laps) session in arvo.

Managed to get an afternoon run in with Time Dwards from the reno site. Standard summer run along Borea, Railway Pde to Spurwood. Down to fire trail and back round to the track that's not there to finish. 48mins not bad on a hot afternoon.

Wednesday 28th January

AM: a swim at the Brook, solo as no one else turned up. Was joined in the lane during the latter stages of the swim by 'the fem squad' who managed to monster me an make my attempts at swimming resemble the wicked witch under a bucket of water. About 2.5kms and I must note Time Dwards had made it and was swimming 2 lanes over. Information not found out till the change rooms following the swim(s).

PM: the now standard M7 south bound ride from Toll car park along cycleway. No GPB or Professor Physiology today. A comfortable ride with sleep train for company of around 30kms. This must be the first time it hasn't been 40 degrees or raining.

Thursday 29th January

A lesson in shapes for all on our run today. By process of examination and investigation I was in fact able to demonstrate to sleep train that a circle can actually be run in two opposite direction and you will still finish at the same place.

Round the standard summer run today with Time Dwards, sleep train and Dr Phil. But backwards starting down the track that's not there and looping up to Spurwood exit then home. Having run into Shogun towards the end of the run added on a few extra little tracks round the false finish to enable a bit more time running and talking to the stalwart of "Remember Red Points North 08".

An interesting discussion today on run. If DeBono has six thinking hats, but Gardiner has 9 intelligences. Are there in fact 54 hats and do we need to refer to the hardware paint colour charts to name them all? More on this at some future point (maybe).

Friday 30th January

A combination of 'overload' with no progressive at work and the birth of my 2nd Niece in 2 weeks gave me enough excuses to avoid training today. But look at the photo, I gotta spend time with these 2 when I get the chance.

Saturday 31st January

How do you turn 7 into 3? It seems you just need to move the run start from 6.00am to 5.30am. All though with Whooles and Mulls normally running at 3.30am these days I cant see their excuse holding in running court.

Sleep train, Dr Phil & I enjoyed a coolish and well paced meander up the Oaks to Bennetts Ridge, by the way Woody Pear Dam is not worth the side track was our consensus, following Bennetts Ridge down to Euroka via the river track towards the end. Before heading straight up the hill side and along the single track to the causeway and rangers hut. Very cruisy 90minutes but my longest run for a few months, min 2hrs next week has been decided.

Sunday 1st February

Picked up Time Dwards and meet the travel agent and friend of at Yellowmundee for few laps of the Mt Bike course. The serenity of the location constantly broken by outbursts of love for his bike when Time Dwards gears constantly refused to follow the directed change asked for. Still no excuse for the number times he ended up on the dirt or in a bush though.

Turned into 1 and a 1/2 laps but lots of fun.

So it seems that at this juncture in time work hasn't stopped me so far. I'm sure if the Prince reads this he will find some job that might change the stats. Maybe he is trying to draw me to the dark side or maybe he just doesn't want another PE teacher beating him in peg board.