I think this is about Day 10...Paleo diet going well. Not hungry at all for most of the time. When I am hungry, there is usually less panic about food. My weight is down 5lbs. from a few weeks ago. I'm beginning to realize it's OK to be hungry especially on non-training days. After all, our ancestors went around hungry and made it. I made a joke to Renee though that if the Paleo diet is so great, then why did Paleo man die off.
Speaking of training, it's going well also. First few days out on the bike I bonked then I realized I needed a bit more carb so sweet potato cakes were introduced and they are the answer.
It's been a long year of hard training and racing, both on the bike and trail running. Mentally I feel like a need a break at this point although I trained 39 hours in November, my 2nd highest total of the year and most of those hours were of high quality. Physically, I feel pretty fresh still. I feel as though I could just train year around but know that I need some sort of rest period for next year's race season. My training has remained fresh in part because I attained a road bike, which I've ridden about 12 hours so far. It's been a huge boon to my training although I still need to get a proper bike fit done to alleviate neck and knee pain. The training book I'm reading recommends to take a 2-4 week Transition period to let my body and mind recover before moving on to next year's Base phase. Question I'm pondering is when do I begin my Transition period...I feel like I'm in a great groove right now and I'd like to build up my Lactate thresh...