The only clear change is reduced training. My sleep improved as soon as I started tapering for Frankfurt.
First time it improved (to 7) was post Cascais last October but that changed through illness and family.
I’m thinking the eating template of 7am to 7pm encourages me to bed earlier too.
I’m trying to think of ways to move my training out of early mornings and late nights, but obvs a challenge.
It’s hard with a young family, job etc isn’t it.
I’m really precious with my sleep, and have completely turned off evening training the last couple of years, whereas it used to be my staple.
I couldn’t/didn’t get out Tues and Wed due to my morning and lunchtime sessions being overtaken by life. I could have gone out in the evenings, though it would’ve been after 8.30 or so. But i’m really precious with my sleep, so i opted to miss the training instead.
Time will tell how much i pay for it! But i am at least well rested again.
Bollocks, abysmal sleep last night, even the hopeless Garmin rated it as restless!
Gonna be a looong day 
HRV also through the roof, overthinking things as usual 
I stopped run training in the evening years ago as it affected my sleep, often my heart would be pounding whilst I lay in bed.
Swimming 6 to 7 never affected me as much.
Admittedly, becoming a dad would have stopped it anyway.
Usually nod off fairly quickly but generous portions of Montagnolo 
on crackers before bed the past couple of nights has played havoc.
Had unusually good sleep last night, so much that it seemed worthy of a post 
In bed by 9pm, asleep before head hit pillow, next thing I know it’s 6.45am, daylight, and I feel awake & refreshed.
Love it when this happens. Usually I sleep OK, but often wake up once or twice in the night for random reasons. Nearly 10 hours straight through is unusual.
Hmm, felt like I had a really poor sleep, tossing and turning and took ages to get off, it’s really hot in the room.
Then my Garmin says I had a good sleep 
doesn’t feel like it!
My sleep volume is up but since I got my Forerunner 265 it reckons my sleep is worse 
Feb to May it was 6.5hrs, Avg sleep is nearly 7.5hrs now 
It doesn’t happen often but I love it when you get a good night like that. You wake up and feel like you’ve not moved all night, just locked in a deep sleep.
I always wonder what did i do the day before to give me that sleep so i can do it again
exactly! I was running over the last 24h trying to figure it out
I got this today which is slightly surprising given the recent travelling and 3 early mornings while I was away.
8 1/2 hrs solid sleep last night - scoring 84 on the Garmin sleep monitor (a record for me)
Best sleep I have had in about 6 weeks following too much work, a really annoying cough/cold, drinking over Christmas
Feel great
I was averaging about 85 over Christmas, scores since Tuesday,
59,69,76
Can’t think what changed on Tuesday 
Although for some reason I must have made my second Garmin cockup of the weekend last night as it thinks I went to bed at 2:20am last night 
those days are long gone
Last night I slept the best I have all week since stopping the booze. I felt groggy as hell when I woke up though.
Felt fine once I was up and about so maybe just woke at the wrong point in my sleep cycle.
Friday 46, Saturday 39 , body battery went down to 1, HRV was high 20s. Safe to say I have been knocked about a bit the last couple of days. Last night back to 77 still not great but at least im “recharging”
I have been using pillar performance triple magnesium since the summer and find it to be really good. Thame it 30 min before bed it doesn’t help me get to sleep but usually gives me a better quality of sleep than before.
80 last night but slept in for an extra hour before going for a run
What’s the theory behind the magnesium thing?
Lot of people are deficient. Its one of those things that isnt well understood but lots of anecdotal evidence it improves sleeps, some studies back it up but nothing overly conclusive.
As with a lot of things its unlikely to cause any harm, isnt massively expensive so worth a try
