flu recovery ... fast?
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kylie posted 1 year ago.
Hope you are feeling better! And congrats on the last race. That's a great time, and to do it sick is awesome.
Remember that not only did you have time off working out, but your body was still working really hard healing. I'm not sure exactly how hard to go, but listening to your body will be key (remember, everyone recovers differently).
It's ok to stick to an 8 miler. I know it can be hard if you don't want to lose run endurance, but your race has a 10k in it, so focus on that first and let your body keep healing while tuning up for the race you are doing. And then slowly build back up additional miles once your strength is back.
I don't think skipping your taper would be smart: your body needs to rebuild more from the sickness still, and will still need to be ready to go hard race day.
Your hard work of spring and summer will be back: you'll be surprised how soon you are back there. A hard race (the one you've already done) and a sickness will sap your power. It can be tough, but it just takes some time to fully recover.
Hey all,
So I finished my first triathlon (for this season - an olympic distance race) a couple weeks ago, was happy with my finish time at 2:23, and the next day I came down with a rough case of the flu that kept me out of commission for an entire week. It wouldn't bother me too much except that now I have a race (an olympic distance) in just under three weeks.
I did a long run yesterday (12mi.), and tried to keep it slow, but it was still horrible after mile 8 and my legs are feeling sore today, which worries me greatly. So I'm taking today off with the hope I'll be recovered and able to make up the lost time later in the week.
My question is, how easy should I take this week with respect to recovery or will my body snap back to the way it was so my workouts aren't agonizing? Should I adjust my race preparation and not even taper for my next race? I'm really, really, really frustrated as I had worked so hard this spring and summer to get in great shape and I feel like last week set me back months. I'm leaning towards not tapering for the race and just treating it as a workout, since I feel like my expectations have to be lowered anyway.