Are you fit but fatigue and fragile?
Training through all those difficult moments days after days , weeks after weeks and months after month have built something great inside of me and believe it or not it has open many doors of opportunities for me. What about your story?
Are you fit but fatigue and fragile?
15 hours of training per week added up by full time job as a flight attendant , personal life and family commitment. Yes I was fit but in the same time I was so fragile and had insurmountable of fatigue.
My story
Looking back in my first quarter of 2019, I was determined to get a personal best in 70.3 distance. I registered for 70.3 Bangsaen ( Feb) and 70.3 Busselton (May). Yes it was difficult to train at the peak of summer in Bangkok, Thailand. Yes It took a lot out of me for time management and train consistently no matter of location I was.
I will never forget some crazy few days when I have to fly to Sweden and trained through it. Started with 1.30 hr indoor bike ride then I packed my bag and work on that night to Stockholm, Sweden. I arrived early morning in Stockholm, then I had around 4-5 hours sleep and went out for 15 km run. The next morning I went for 20 km run and then back for breakfast and prepared for a flight back home.
It was not an ideal training condition but I just wanted to make sure that I train consistently and ready to perform on race day.
Getting a new personal bests was a good thing and probably my only motivation to went out and train. But, It was also quite a big frustation when things went wrong on race day and I could not perform like I had been training.
Back from 70.3 Busselton with disappointments and frustations. I knew I was too tired and could not take the amount of required training volume and intensity to progress anymore. Eventhough, I knew that I can get a better result if I kept training no matter how I felt. I decided to stop, had some deep breath moment and looked for a new goal.
My new approach
I always believe that to struggle for something better ; whether it is better life, better race results or better career are probably best things that happened to me.
Training through all those difficult moments days after days , weeks after weeks and months after month have built something great inside of me and believe it or not it has open many doors of opportunity for me.
Currently, I may still do not have results I would like to have but I still have hope and willing to train again. Because, training and racing give me so many learning experiences that I would never get from reading or staying in my comfort zone. To tell you the truth, endurance sports gave me a better life no matter what my race result is.
What about your story?
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