AM or PM hmmm?

[rgj-rifleman]

You know what mate your right, i went on the piss last night for my 18th, got up this morning and thought noway i cant run 4 miles in this state, sod this, you have seriously just inspired me, im going to do my four miles now.

I want to be that 00.01% and youve just made it pretty clear that you should train when tired, will get you used to it. Good stuff!!!

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[rgj-rifleman]

Glad i did that run, thing is after running with the hangover you feel alot more refreshed after a cold shower. All good, glad i read that post and got my ass out the door now

[Hughser]

Glad i did that run, thing is after running with the hangover you feel alot more refreshed after a cold shower. All good, glad i read that post and got my ass out the door now

happy 18th mate, and did you manage to keep the beer in your belly or did it hit the floor?

[Sarastro]

I want to be that 00.01% and youve just made it pretty clear that you should train when tired, will get you used to it. Good stuff!!!

That's not the smartest idea if you are talking about tired as in no sleep, dehydrated & hungover. You're more likely to get injured or ill than improve your endurance.

If you want to get used to working hard when tired, then do triathlon-esque training. Standard session I do at the moment is:

1. 2m run OR 200 meter hill sprints
2. Pressup/situp/pullup circuit
3. 20m cycle OR 1.5m swim
4. Swim sprints OR cycle hill sprints
5. Repeat strength circuit

Alternate different training days so you aren't doing the lengthy activity consecutive days. Do one after another with only the pause you need to get changed. Constant activity for around 3 hours, depending on what version you are doing (and traffic!). You'll develop the ability to work through fatigue & endurance of a bear.

Mine is tailored to work up crap running ability by the way, anyone else would probably want to do swimming/cycling/other to begin with, and run for the long session in the middle instead.

...and happy ex-birthday

DISCLAIMER I should point out that it's very easy to mess yourself up when you start doing this kind of routine. You are using every area of the body, have no downtime for muscle recovery, and are working while tired. As a result, you can injure yourself easily, or (as happened to me) just irritate & inflame some muscles from overuse. So if you give this a go:

1. Make sure you are at a decent level of muscle fitness for all the activities involved, ie do them seperately for a couple of weeks before if you are out of practice.
2. Don't do this training session consecutive days.
3. Be very aware of what your body is telling you and back off if you are straining bits.

Once you are more used to doing it, this becomes less of a problem. Or perhaps I'm just getting fragile in my old age

[rgj-rifleman]

Thanks for the birthday wishes hughser