Leaving the Wall behind!

Saturday's hitting the wall experience wasn't nice but I've been reflecting on why it happened and how to recover from it.  I'm putting the why down to a head cold and poor nutrition on the day.  The HRV results may have been green on Saturday morning but the score was low.  My nutrition was rubbish in that I should have been taking regular gels or food to keep my blood sugar level up so I'm not making that mistake again.
Obviously I was a wreck on Sunday and took the Monday off as I usually do.  I decided to ease myself back into training rather than make up for the lost miles at the weekend.  Last night I did my weekly group swim session and that always pushes me as I want to stay up with the other swimmers in my lane.  It had been 2 weeks since I swam so I knew I'd have to dig in to stay with them but I managed it - just!
This morning the alarm went off at 5.45am as I was due to swim again but as I looked at the frost outside I was sorely tempted to stay under the warm covers.  But what would I have said in my blog and after all I've had a couple of easy weeks training so I threw my legs out of bed and followed them.
I knew I'd be the only one at the pool this morning but that meant I had the lane to myself and could do what I wanted.  I quickly pulled a session together and completed it.  I felt good but in truth knew if someone else had been in the lane with me I may have pushed it a wee bit harder.  Don't get me wrong, I was breathing hard with the intervals and sprints but the stop watch doesn't lie.  My times were getting slower during the session.  But at least I wasn't lying in my bed.
The temperature outside was -0.5 degrees but the sum was blazing in the blue sky so down with the roof on the car and enjoy the fresh air which tells me - I am alive and kicking!