Return to training plan following sickness

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February 6, 2022 at 6:51 pm #16444

shoolaroo
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Hello all,

I started training for IM Chattanooga 70.3 (May 22) with the goal of qualifying for 70.3 worlds using your level 3 plan. I was 4 weeks into the plan when I was sidelined with Flurona. I’m now back to health and have been trying to ease back into training the last 5 days with hour long zone 1 – 2 swim/ bikes and today a 45 minute run. I was thinking it might be good to use the level 2 plan (which I also have) but am not sure how to adjust the 19 weeks to 15. Any advice would be appreciated! Thank you!

Melissa

February 6, 2022 at 7:01 pm #16445

shoolaroo
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I should note that I missed out on about 2 full weeks of training or any exercise for that matter and my CTL has dropped 20 points if that helps at all

February 7, 2022 at 6:38 am #16448

Matt Fitzgerald
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The most straight forward approach would be to give yourself five weeks to gradually bridge back to the Level 2 plan. So, start at Week 5 but reduce everything by about 20%, then move on to Week 6 with a 15% reduction, Week 7 with a 10% reduction, and Week 8 with a 5% reduction.
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