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carvalloecarvalloe
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Is it ok if I switch the day of some of the workouts? Sometime it is difficult to do the assign workout on the particular day because of other things going on with work/family. Also, it is sometimes easier to find other training partners that are doing a different workout that day.

 I am feeling very behind on the bike which I knew it would be the case as I didn't do much riding the last couple of months. Is there anything that I should be adjusting? or is it just a matter of time before my bike fitness comes back? 

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  • Coach PatrickCoach Patrick
    Eddie, switching is fine and I am here to help if you want to tell me what regular changes you are making (say working to fit in a Sunday group run for example). The big thing is keeping with the spirit of the workouts -- so in the OS we like to have three days of work, a rest day, two days of work, a rest day, etc. So creating a week of 7 consecutive days of training is a no go! image

    I'd rather you stick with the planned bike though the OS before we start making any serious modifications. Do your best to stay consistent!
  • carvalloecarvalloe
    I understand but that leads me to the next question. You mentioned take a rest day but the schedule doesn't have a rest day. Should I just skipped one of the low priority workouts every week? Thank you.
  • Coach PatrickCoach Patrick
    My apologies! I thought you were doing the outseason program with two says of built in recovery. Can you please share what plan and week you are in?
  • carvalloecarvalloe
    I am on the Half Ironman Intermediate plan and currently on week 6. I jumped on week 5 per the roadmap recommendation. My Outseason consisted in mostly running with very little biking and swimming. I noticed that week 5, 6 and 7 don't have any days offs. In the past, I was on 6 days on and 1 off and that seems to work for me. Let me know what you think. Thanks.
  • Coach PatrickCoach Patrick
    Eddie, got it! Let's make your Mondays off then...you'll be able to recover from the weekend and you'll really only be missing that swim. You can either extend the other two swims by 500-ish each, or you can be diligent about your swim cords/dry land exercises!
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