Major Miscalculation
There’s really no other way to put this, so I’ll just outright say it. I’m an idiot. Somehow, back before I left for my honeymoon I counted up the weeks to Wisconsin and decided that once I got back, I’d have two, four week base blocks that I could fit in before my three week taper. Yeeeeaahhhhh - not so much. There wasn’t eleven weeks of training post honeymoon, only nine. NINE?! Ugh. That’s two full weeks that I miscounted! :(
Of course, I didn’t realize this until yesterday where I’m starting my needed recovery week. But after this week, I only have two more weeks to play with before I should start tapering. And with most plans saying there should be a recovery week between your last base block and your taper, that really only leaves one full week left. So as I was saying, I’m an idiot. I suppose that’s what I get for not writing my plan down on paper this year. I followed my self-written plan the first year to a T. Last year, I was a little more relaxed but still wrote everything down. This year, I just have kind of glanced at a calendar to figure out where I was and winged my hours and workouts week to week.
I’m not really worried about not being ready. (Barring unforeseen catastrophe on race day,) I know that I have the fitness to see me through the finish at Wisconsin. But it was more of a big surprise to me thinking that I had another month before I tapered, but really only having two weeks! In panic mode, I sought the advice of some people and have worked out what I’ll do from here on out. Probably my biggest loss will be that I don’t have that extra two weeks to continue my diet and lose potentially another four pounds. Oh well. I’ll continue to eat well and I’ll weigh in at whatever I weigh in at.
So, words to the wise: WRITE YOUR TRAINING PLANS DOWN and don’t pull a bone head move like me!