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Subject: Can't Swim... Need Training Help
I just had a mole removed and have several stitches. I'm not going to be able to swim for 2-3 weeks, possible more if its slow to heal. I'm on week 3 of the 20 week 2x balanced olympic training plan from the site. If I can't swim should I bump the run and bike up to 3x a week? I'm not worried too much about the swim its my strongest sport and I've been swimming masters all winter.


2014-04-23 8:10 PM
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Subject: RE: Can't Swim... Need Training Help
I would say yes definitely do something on the "swim days". But feel your legs as well so you don't overdo it, any sign of pain just reduce the amount again. They need some time to recover between each hard training.
Maybe an idea could be to add one day of brick training (bike first, then immediately run) - the bike part could be half of distance/time of the longest bike session you currently have per week, and then just do a 15-20 minute light run after.
On the other day you could do some core or upper body training so you get some rest for your legs.

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