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Changes to 2016 Training Plan - Bike Crash

I was originally scheduled to do races Ironman 70.3 New Orleans (April 17), but I had a bike crash last weekend and will not be able to race. I fractured my pelvis, had a high-grade concussion. I should be able to begin light training that week (April 17). I'm still planning on Ironman Austria on June 26. 
Before the crash, I was on the 70.3 advance plan and was hitting:

Swim - 3x a week at masters ~2,800-3K yds. Consistent for 2 weeks coming off the out season plan.

Bike - 2-3x a week nailing the plan and quickly increasing my watts - big bummer. Hitting the long rides with transition runs

Runs - Tuesday track workouts, hitting the long runs and transition runs when <g class="gr_ gr_13 gr-alert gr_gramm undefined Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep" id="13" data-gr-id="13">bike</g> was scheduled. Was dealing with Achilles issue, but was getting better.</p>

What do I do? Patrick James

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  • Posted By Patrick James on 02 Apr 2016 10:48 PM


    I was originally scheduled to do races Ironman 70.3 New Orleans (April 17), but I had a bike crash last weekend and will not be able to race. I fractured my pelvis, had a high-grade concussion. I should be able to begin light training that week (April 17). I'm still planning on Ironman Austria on June 26. 
    Before the crash, I was on the 70.3 advance plan and was hitting:

    Swim - 3x a week at masters ~2,800-3K yds. Consistent for 2 weeks coming off the out season plan.

    Bike - 2-3x a week nailing the plan and quickly increasing my watts - big bummer. Hitting the long rides with transition runs

    Runs - Tuesday track workouts, hitting the long runs and transition runs when <g class="gr_ gr_13 gr-alert gr_gramm undefined Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep" id="13" data-gr-id="13">bike</g> was scheduled. Was dealing with Achilles issue, but was getting better.</p>

    What do I do? Patrick James

    Hey Patrick,

    Sorry to hear about your crash! I really think you should just focus on recovering from your accident and we can pick up this ball when the time comes on 4/17. That is, I don't think there's much value in thinking much about what training you should be doing after 4/17, given that the reason you're not training right now is a fractured pelvis (!) and a concussion (!!!). The later is especially scary.

    Just take care of yourself and ping me again in a couple weeks when you get the green light from the docs. 

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