Bad head cold at end of recovery week

[dbf]

Aka “How important is actually riding during recovery week?”

So on Friday of my Build week 4 recovery week I got a bad head cold. Yesterday, Saturday, had tissues pretty much permanently attached to nose. Decided to skip prescribed Mokelumne +1 (1.5 hrs endurance) yesterday in favor of letting my body fight cold.

This morning no better. Feel like zombie from head congestion. No fever. Plan calls for Boarstone (2 hrs endurance) today.

What to do? I know I can do Boarstone, should I? Something even shorter like Pettit just to keep legs spinning? Does riding right now (with this timing relative to plan) even matter?

A slightly irrational part of me is still hoping I’ll be up to crushing Ramp Test on Tuesday and going right into Week 5 of Build without missing a beat.

[MI-XC]

@dbf

What to do? I know I can do Boarstone, should I? Something even shorter like Pettit just to keep legs spinning? Does riding right now (with this timing relative to plan) even matter?

If you stay completely off the bike you’ll feel flat coming back. If you can do some moderate spinning, even at reduced intensity and/or duration that is better than nothing. Listen to your body and don’t overdo it. A runny nose is an inconvenience, but shouldn’t necessary keep you off the bike for recovery rides.

@dbf

A slightly irrational part of me is still hoping I’ll be up to crushing Ramp Test on Tuesday and going right into Week 5 of Build without missing a beat.

You may be setting yourself up for disappointment . Maybe push that to Wednesday and do a priming workout on Tuesday to see how you feel coming out of a week of sickness.

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I like both of those points. Thanks @MI-XC