Injured while training for 70.3 - training advice?

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Subject: Injured while training for 70.3 - training advice?
I crashed my bike 4 weeks ago getting ready for a 70.3 4 weeks from this weekend. I was training great and feeling really confident until this big setback. I severely bruised my thigh (and my ego) and just now getting back to training beyond swimming. I have been riding a stationary bike daily for 30-45 minutes and increasingly putting more and more tension on. I hope to get on the bike this weekend and then start running the middle/end of next week. Any advice on how to cram when I have a decent base level of fitness?

2016-08-11 7:03 PM
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Subject: RE: Injured while training for 70.3 - training advice?
Don't cram! Just gradually build back volume and intensity for the next 2-3 weeks, assuming you are pain-free, or at least not having any discomfort that is altering your form. Err on the side of not re-aggravating the injury rather than trying to get back exactly where you were, fitness-wise. Training isn't like a test--"cramming" doesn't really work and carries a lot of risk.
2016-08-15 6:07 PM
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thank you - sounds like great advice.
2016-12-11 8:59 PM
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Subject: RE: Injured while training for 70.3 - training advice?
Your race may be passed now, but here is what our BT docs had to say, in case anyone else is looking for the same answer:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=...
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