{"id":3775,"date":"2010-02-04T08:37:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T08:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2010-02-04T11:10:30","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T11:10:30","slug":"time-for-a-rest-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/02\/time-for-a-rest-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for a Rest Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The trouble with trying ti get fit is that it can become a little more than a habit and become an obsession. You end up trying to do more in order to improve, but in the end just do too much. Resting is very much an important part of any training schedule and after last night MTB ride I think today and tomorrow will be rest days for me.<\/p>\n<p>I felt tired from the start and I guess that isn&#8217;t surprising. The day before I did a turbo trainer session in the afternoon, followed by a circuit training session and a swimfit session. Then, on top of all that I didn&#8217;t sleep very well, only managing to fall asleep for an hour or so on Tuesday night. I then met Dave in Penrhyncoch for a long ride last night. We started off with a long ride up the Bont Goch climb and it wasn&#8217;t long before I realised that my legs weren&#8217;t up to it. I was soon lagging behind Dave who seemed to be more spritely than usual!<\/p>\n<p>I made it to the top where we met Dan and we headed off through the mist and fog around the Summit Trail. Dan isn&#8217;t quite up to speed at the moment either, so at least I had someone behind me on the leg-burner climb, but Dan headed off home after that leaving me trying to keep up with Dave again.<\/p>\n<p>We came back down from Nant yr Arian via Cymsymlog which although a descent does have quite a bit of pedalling along the flats and little rises so even that was hard work but at least I managed to put it in a big gear and keep up. The battery on my lights then died so I had to stick with Dave&#8217;s wheel for the last half mile or so in order to see where I was going.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, it was a fairly hilly 20 miles.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3776\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/3rdFeb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3776\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3776 \" title=\"3rdFeb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/3rdFeb-400x138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/3rdFeb-400x138.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/3rdFeb-120x41.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/3rdFeb.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Last nights ride<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A good ride, but I&#8217;m not sure how useful it was as I was just plodding around doing my best to keep going. Time for a rest day today and maybe some yoga in preparation for a nice long steady ride over the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trouble with trying ti get fit is that it can become a little more than a habit and become an obsession. You end up trying to do more in order to improve, but in the end just do too much. 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