Oregon Project athletes and sleep

Hola, Bert. Como esta usted?

Ummm...I'm definitely not Alberto Salazar. I'm honestly just curious - forgive me if I'm ignorant about this.

Prescription sleeping medication?

But also, if you don't have a set schedule and force yourself to get into bed at the same reasonable time each night such that it won't be noisy or bright outside your window for another 10 hours, you'll probably sleep at least 9 hours if you don't have an alarm set.

Other things that help promote this is dimming lights a few hours before you go to bed and not using screens for a few hours before bed.

I typically get 9 hours every night and 10 on weekends. I could easily get 12 if I didn't have to work a 8-5 job.

I do notice if I take a day off of running I only need 7 hours sleep.

That does make sense. Now that I think about it, it seems really obvious. :P I guess I'm just wishing I had that luxury!

When I was running 115 mpw it was easy to sleep that much. After a 20 mile long run on Sunday if come home and sleep 3 hours. Wake up, go about the last half of the day and still crash by 10.

Training that hard is brutal.

Wow, that sounds awesome! It seems like workout volume/intensity plays a pretty big part then.

not jamin wrote:

I typically get 9 hours every night and 10 on weekends. I could easily get 12 if I didn't have to work a 8-5 job.

I do notice if I take a day off of running I only need 7 hours sleep.

This. When I'm not running I fall down to only needing 7. When full training I need 9-10 to function right. With how much NOP is doing 10-12 is probably right. I didn't read the link... but that could also factor in napping

Very true. The article says that they're advised to get 10-12 hours/night along with an hour nap "most days". Not entirely sure what that means, but still...that's a lot of sleep.

Training volume + no other distracting factors, like studying or having a job. In fact, sleeping IS their job (to a significant extent).

The OP is AlSal.

I actually sleep worse with very very high training

I actually sleep worse with very very high training

Not being able to sleep is one of the symptoms of over-training.

Getting lots of sleep greatly helps the body produce HGH. Taking a nap during the afternoon also gives the body a second shot of internally produced HGH. All LRC'ers should know this by now.

High end models, the ones making millions a year, also sleep a lot and drink lots of water.

OP can't be AlSal. He said "when I was an infant".

go move to portland. guaranteed to immediately increase your sleeping by a couple hours per day

We know that Mo Farah sleeps so soundly that he doesn't hear his doorbell when it is rung persistently and for a prolonged period by the drug testers!

If I go to bed at my normal time and let myself wake up naturally, I usually sleep for 8-8.5 hours. I only sleep for 9 or more hours if I'm in a sleep deficit, and the only time I sleep for 10 or more hours is if I'm in a HUGE sleep deficit. I don't think I could get 10-12 hours plus a 1 hour nap every day no matter how hard I was training. Not saying that that's not what NOP is doing, I just think it's different for everyone.

mark b wrote:

We know that Mo Farah sleeps so soundly that he doesn't hear his doorbell

On Instagram his wife posted that Mo gets that most sleep of anyone in the house despite having 3 young kids. He looks like he has is his own room so his wife sleeping 2 hours taking care of their infant doesn't wake him. How many husbands would like this arrangement?? Sign me up!