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holidays and training

hey patrick. im on holidays on a remote beach in brazil. im on my last two weeks of the OS training plan and all i have here is the ocean, the beach is slightly uneven and theres a sand road that runs along the beach. what should i do? should i just do open water swims? could i run on the beach barefoot? ill try to send you a couple of pictures of what i have available. cheers.

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  • you should have bought me a ticket. seriously!!!

    Swim as you can, run, but keep it short (road better then the beach which could be slanted / bother your ITB). We'll "recover" when you get back..so reach out to me then...so jealous!!
  • Hey patrick. Just got back from holidays. Should i just go straight to the last week of OS plan? Cheers.
  • If you can, do week 13 then 14....can you push it back a week? Would like some reintegration time / work before testing!
  • ok. just saw this. i was doing week 14 this week, and i was about to do my first bike test today. but i could push it back for next week. is that ok? gustavo.

     

  • Im in week 14.
    Can i do the bike test indoors? Just realized its snowing in nyc (i was gonna do it today) and im off to london tomorrow until sat. Cheers.
  • YES!!! Safe travels!
  • Thanks patrick. Im also travelling to tokyo next week for 10 days. Right in the beggining of the swimming plan. Any chance you would know of a good place to swim over there? Ah. And can the bike test be done on a spinning bike? Cheers.
  • Gustavo, sorry no idea on Tokyo, but that kind of question is a great one for the Team (general discussion forum, etc). The bike test can be done, but i'd rather we delay it and have you just stay fit until you come back!

    Here's a link to the wiki with some more information for you: Resources > Wiki > Self Coaching > Modifying Plan

    http://bit.ly/L1eAng
  • Thanks patrick. Now im back from my trip.
    I basically run almost every day while i was away.
    Now, per schedule, i should be doing the week 11 of intermediate Half Ironman
    (Im doing Florida on april 13th). Let me know if i should go ahead (im gonna skip the big training day since i havent done any swimming and cycling for a few weeks).
    Thanks. Gustavo.
  • @Gustavo, yes you can go ahead with Week 11, just no pushing too hard until you get to the weekend...great to have you "Back"!!!!
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