Chris Goodfellow's Triathlon Tales

Winter Training – Show me the light!

Training over the months of November, December and January are always tough.  I always seem to catch a flu or cold over these months and it is more a case of maintaining consistent training and staying healthy than smashing out massive weeks training.  What with the short days and work, it makes it very hard to get out and train in daylight and by the time the weekend comes I find myself desperate to get out into the sun, if it ever appears from the mist, fog and cloud.

I had been asked if I would trial a light product from Lumie (www.lumie.com/shop/products/brightspark) over a four week period.  I said yes – interested to see if I would notice any benefits.

I spend most of the day behind a computer, so the idea was to use the bright spark in the afternoons when the sun goes down.  My major training session in the day is typically in the evening and the purpose of the study was to see how using the Lumie Brightspark would affect my energy levels & mentally alertness, and in turn how what effect it would have if any on the training I did in the evening.

I have been using the Lumie body clock for a couple of winters now.  I only really use it in the depths of winter when it is pitch black at the time I get up to train.  I find it makes getting up just that little bit easier, and when I do finally drag myself out of bed, I am very slightly more awake and energised than normal.  Not a massive amount, but at this time of year every little bit helps 🙂

 Already being a fan of the Lumie body clock I was interested to see how things go with the Lumie bright spark trial.