I've been thinking about sleeping, how much I get, should get and could get.
I am going to look at some studies when I get the chance but from recent experience I feel that I was just building a massive sleep debt trying to fit in all my training.
The biggest contributor to this is the early morning swim. 4:40am up for 5:30 start means that an 8hr sleep results in hitting the sack at 8:40 - if I'm hoping to train the night before after finishing work at 5:30 or 6 I'm already on the back foot.
Would it be better to skip these sessions and swim elsewhere? I need to weigh up the benefits of the club swimming against how much fresher I feel in other training - am I getting better more quality swim sets at other times by not swimming early?
What do you do with regard sleep?
2013 ITU AG World Champion (Standard), 2013 ITU Paratriathlon (Iain Dawson's guide), 2013 National Champs Silver Medalist, 2012 National Sprint Champion, 2011 Silver European Standard Championships,
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
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- TriathleteMatt
- As an ex-National League Basketball player I took up triathlon as a development from cross training. I won my first Sprint distance race and placed second in my first Olympic distance. Since then I have raced the UK Elite Superseries coming 24th in the National Elite Champs, raced Vegas 70.3 WChamps and helped Paratriathlete Iain Dawson to World, European and National Titles. In 2011 I obtained Pro authorisation from the BTF and am pushing my development by stepping up to top level competition in 2012. Aside from this I am a L1 Swim and Tri coach and Professional Lloyds Broker.
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