Lost the first week - now what??

Bob Irwin

Pretty much lost the first week of the OS plan to my cold/coughing - a few easy workouts on the bike - anything remotely intense and I start to cough.  If I'm lucky, I'll feel well enough to do my testing late next week (maybe Wed & Fri or Thurs & Sat).  So how do I catch up?  Obviously, week 1 is the first week I feel well enough to do my test.  Do I jump from there to the same week as the rest of the group?  I know that's hard to answer until I know when I will actually be able to start.  Just trying to plan ahead -I guess that's just how I think.

mattsull

Bob,

Sorry to hear your sick. I would post this question here. endurancenation.us.dnnmax.com/Commu....aspx#4365 The coaches monitor this thread.

Hope you feel better.

Gordon Cherwoniak

Bob,

Get the coaches response  for sure but here's what I did.  I was travelling and sick for the first week and got in one 15-20 minute bike and started coughing so I shut it down.  I just did the FTT test Tuesday and picked up at the second week.  I was not running so I had more flexibility and recovery.  Given that you have to move in to the later part of the week for testing a coaches consult is wise.

As I understand it as you go from beginner to advanced plans they start to ramp up faster.  That is my longest FTP intervals in the beginner program in the first 8 weeks was 2X15 while the advance people hit 2X20's before the test in week 8.  

Gordon 

 

Nemo Brauch

Ditto the recomendation to "ask the coach". If your feeling better I'd say you can probably just do the testing next week and then skip ahead to week 3 with the rest of us the following week.

Coach Patrick

you should be able to just work in the test for a tuesday interval session and continue on. you aren't that far "behind" at all!