Subject: Sick training advice I am now less than 18 weeks out from IronMan Louisville which is my "A" race this year. In addition I have a half marathon that is also a close 2nd to IM regarding importance. I am using the BT 20 Week IM Training plan that and have imported that plan into my logs which are up to date. Training is going well even though the first couple of weeks I knew I would be a little run heavy and I missed a couple of bikes in the first couple of weeks to run instead. I feel like I can catch up on the bike and missing 2 hours of saddle time in the first two weeks is not ideal but would not kill me. So on Saturday I wake up a little congested and head out for my planned 8 mile run. It's raining and pretty miserable and as the run goes on I find it more and more difficult to breath and function. Later that day I have a fever and it feels like there is a small person standing on my chest. Chalked it up as being a little sick from running in the cold rain and went to bed early. OK, this is getting to long... I am still sick and can't shake this cold. Have not worked out since Saturday and now not only am I thinking my planned race this Saturday is in jeopardy I am getting concerned about falling behind in IM training. Do I just continue to rest and hope to get better? How much trouble am I in if I basically miss an entire week of training? Assuming that I am ready to get going again by Sunday I don't think it's likely that I will be 100%, how screwed does that make me? Obviously I am hitting the panic button because I did not factor into my training plan taking off a full week to recover from the flu. In addition I am figuring on at least 2 more weeks of less than 100% effort while I continue to get better. |