Training to be broken

The day before I noticed a certain soreness and fatigue that I brushed off as just being to heavy for some core exercises. Now I am running up the Foothills Trail and it is all I can do to keep from passing out. Even my head seems to heavy to hold up. Every fibre of my body and soul just wants to give up and lay on the ground. My brain intercepts and blackens my sight. It feels like I am going to pass out. If I just stand here and breathe it will go away.

The second set of intervals were worse and I had to lie down 10 times in between to recover. I didn’t care, I was practicing my “pass out while riding” for future 24 hour efforts … and 3 day race efforts. Go until you pass out. Let your body recover naturally. Then get back up and hammer on. Yes. This is what I was doing. After my last interval I turned around to stammer back down the trail. The sun hit my face and warmed my soul. Another successful workout.