I had a pretty awesome, if not terrifying, dream last night. I was on a mountain in the forest and I had heard talk of bears in the area. I saw one out of the corner of my eye but never did encounter one. Eventually, I made my way down this mountain to a campsite with cabins. It was fairly populated ,maybe too populated, probably 500 or so people. A few minutes after being in the camp, I began to see 4 bears coming down the mountain with a vengeance. They were snarling and destroying everything in their path, including people. The bears were grizzlies and kodiaks. I knew this because of their color. I feared for my life but I was not harmed. The bears wore themselves down on the forest then the people. The carnage was brief but intense.
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...