I Likely Overtrained & the Season Starts Now. How Much Do I Cut?
So for the first time I did a Nationals meet for track and ended up extending my track season training by like three weeks (which would normally had been my rest and transition period to XC base building). After Nationals I took a 1 week break and then ramped up my training quicker & more aggressive than normal in order to hit a higher peak than last year. (0 - 28.5 - 36 - 41 - 42 - 33 - 47 - 49)
I suspect I’ve gotten too close to the edge as over the past few weeks I have felt discomforts/niggles in my joints and hips that show up later in longer or harder efforts (this is what forced me to have a 33 mile week). Yet for some reason I decided to push through with the progression.
Summer is over though now and what’s done is done. My first race is this Friday. I’m not sure how much I should cut my mileage tho due to the signs, but I know I should do something. I don’t want to cut too much and then end up peaking really early.