What to do?
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KenMierke posted 3 years ago.
Start to taper now. It is too late to train to make yourself stronger, but it isn't too late to make yourself weaker. Keep volume low, training frequency high, and insert some economy work (very fast efforts of 25-40 seconds with full recovery) to maintain blood volume and economy. I have an article that Joe Friel and I wrote for Inside Triathlon that I'll be happy to send to anyone who writes me at
Don't worry - this wasn't the time to go hard anyway. Get healthy, get rested, and all the work you did will still be with you!
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christri25 posted 3 years ago.
Ictri.... oh man i just went through that. i took off seven days and then worked out 2 now i got an antibiotic i feel better but if you have some yellow green discharge start to come out ... see a doctor , lol
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lctri posted 3 years ago.
Thanks for the response Ken and Chris...
Will start to taper into the race and if the cold thing doesn't turn the corner this weekend... then I'll head to the doc's office for a look-see.
Sore throat gone this morning... and the nose looks like it may be headed where yours was Chris.
I've got a damn deviated septum and with allergies and pool swims I seem to more prone to getting these several times a season. Just a pisser that it had to happen now...
Thanks again,
Matt
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bluebirdbiker posted 3 years ago.
Now that you mention it, I too seem to have a chest infection starting on (sputum coughing up over the last 3-4 days). Now that I read this stuff I am thinking different. I thought it just might be the fumes from the cars butr...... It sets on in the morning mostly as I ride in to work. I cough more than usual.
My training is making me average about 16-20 hrs/week training for the 1/2IM. I don't think I am resting enough (1 day/week) and even that is not really rest cause I usually go out and ride for an hour at <60%HRmax. The training I am on involves at leat 2 events/day (approx. 2-3hrs workout/day) and they are done at 75-80%HR. Am I overdoing it? Suggestions?
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Action posted 3 years ago.
just curious, did you guys have a solid 3 to 4 months of base building ? if so, was it really, really done right with no cheating. the reason i ask, since learning how to really base train, i have yet to be sick, not even a cold, in the last two years(knock wood!) and i would usually get sick 2 to 3 times a year prior. i am a huge base building fan, and try to convince anyone in any type of fittness to try it. getting sick sucks.
Bluebirdbiker, man ! those are ironman training hours, there must be some IMC qualifier spots for grabs at this 1/2 you are entering, right??????, if not, you could certainly cut back on the hours, at our age i find 2 weeks of "giver" and one week of cruise really works well for our age.
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bluebirdbiker posted 3 years ago.
Yes I workout regular 6 days a week all year. I take say, 2-3 weeks off throughout the year. Each day I ride 50km (to and from work) and when I feel like it I run or swim in the off season. I am a tri junkie. Off season my HR is usually kept below 75% overall and I have focused on my base throughout this past winter.
I want to finish in the top 5 of my age category and so have stepped up the regime with a seven week schedule for the 1/2IM (my first) but have focused on keeping the HR <80% each workout except for one day/week when I push myself, never above 90% though. Other than that I keep things <80%HR so I don't overtrain. I monitor my morning and evening HRs and find very little variation (don't seem to be overtraining....). I graph and monitor regularly.
Just for interest (and and if there is any input), here are the last four weeks:
May 02-06 Kms Hours AvgHR%
TOT BIKE 355 11:22:35 73%
TOT RUN 35 3:04:42 75%
TOT SWIM 4500 2:16:09 73%
WEEK TOT. 16:43:26
May 02-06 Kms Hours AvgHR%
TOT BIKE 373 11:51:07 75%
TOT RUN 61 5:13:07 73%
TOT SWIM 5600 2:23:30 77%
WEEK TOT. 19:27:44
May 16-22 Hours AvgHR%
TOT BIKE 355 11:39:47 74%
TOT RUN 34 2:55:08 74%
TOT SWIM 5400 1:53:37 76%
WEEK TOT. 16:28:32
May 23-26 Hours AvgHR%
TOT BIKE 340 07:56:51 71%
TOT RUN 65 4:27:42 73%
TOT SWIM 4800 1:08:12 77%
WEEK TOT. 13:32:45
My taper starts in week 6 and ends up with 3 days rest before the race except for light swimming and a 20min run. Any input?
BBB
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stone posted 3 years ago.
lctri...I noticed you are in Providence. What race are you doing in a couple of weeks. I live just outside of Hartford and I am thinking about doing the Mystic Triathlon on June 12th and I was just curious if it is the same race.
Stone
Hi All,
I had my first warm-up race this past weekend and I think I might have pushed it a little too much. I took the two days off after the race (which I had to force myself to do - I felt great) but then I started to get the sore throat thing and now I'm feeling drained. I've got my early season A race coming up in 2 weeks and I had planned on taking this week easy (not taking it off), and then stepping it up again next week so as not to lose the edge and then begin a taper towards the A race.
Muscularly I feel fine - thanks Base and Build...
I'm just afraid to do much right now to risk pushing this cold into next week and then risk more down time. I've tried in the past to workout through these things and my body just doesn't seem to recover well enough given my family, job and busy life...
So... the question:
After four straight days off following last weekends race, and my A race two weeks out - how should I approach volume and intensity over the next two weeks. I know I'll need to avoid doing too much in the last week leading up to the race... but I'm lost as what to do next week seeing that I'm just turning the corner on this cold.
The race is a sprint distance. I think the zone 4-5 workouts are killing me. :(
Any suggestions and or similar experiences welcome!