So sort of Covid related (althogh lots of races cancel for other reasons too), seems my A race (hilly half IM) early May is a no-go, next option end of June (pancake flat HIM), which may also be cancelled.
I was just about to shift from build to to 8weeks of Specialty on the half distance HV tri plan, doing the June race As a backup would create an extra 7 week window, where I was thinking to tepeat final 7w build weeks there again, with ramp adjusted FTP. But what if this June race gets cancelled too? And the next? Do I just switch to a holding pattern in build, upping ftp gradually, redoing 8 weeks over and over, then finally, when a race clears the virus ban and gets run, I switch to specialty 8 weeks prior race date? Background is I have had a good run with continuous training since early November, hate to let it go. So how to best conserve/increase fitness while waiting for a yet unannounced race date? Could be between now and October even…
Taken as a whole, this research about exercise and our immune systems tells us that “there is no or limited reliable evidence for exercise directly increasing the chance of developing any kind of viral infection,” says James Turner, co-author of the 2018 review about exercise and immunity and also a professor of health science at the University of Bath.
“So, it is safe to exercise, despite concerns about coronavirus,” he concludes. Exercise, in fact, will probably lessen the risk of an infection, he says.
I think I’ve even heard the TR dudes mention that it’s not the exercise which makes you “healthy”, it’s the recovery. Intensive training and exercise et al are damaging to your being, that’s why focus on quality recovery is so important.
That said, personally, I found MAF Method/low HR exercise to be restorative, non-stressful, and healthy. Brisk walking is probably one of the best exercises for your general health and immunity.
In the fall there was a stomach bug going around. Everyone at work had it, my girl friend had it, I was ok. That is, until one round of over/unders. My heart rate was through the roof but I just HTFU and did it. Even did a strength session later on. The night is not something I would like to repeat. However, while it took my girl friend 2 weeks to feel normal, I was much better after one day and feeling completely ok on the third day.
My N=1 could says otherwise, either exercise or sleep or both…
Since following a structure plan for last 18 months I’ve never been healthier… Only changes in my life were ensuring I get the 8 hours sleep and doing regular workouts. Diet and everything else has stayed constant. I got a cold the other week for the first time since I can remember, something like that would have lingered for weeks, moved on to my chest, throat etc… this time the runny nose & the slight headache was gone in under 48 hours, though workouts suffered that week until I realised it was probably that virus affecting me hitting the numbers…
This What Sleep Are You Getting?😴 - #31 by andrewwylie ted talk posted several times in the forum was an eye opener, especially the part of mother nature has never had to deal with people depriving themselves of sleep and how effects immunity system in different ways. Getting your 8 hours is the best defence I believe you can give your body.
My A Race announced they were cancelling the event. Very upsetting as I’ve trained very hard for it and now I’m out $200. What’s very upsetting is the event organizers didn’t send out an email informing the participants, I had to find out through a local bike shop.
We are running into race cancellations due to the @#$! (but real) virus. How can I remove races from the Training Plan and have the Plan incorporate and rebuild…?
You should be able to go into the calendar, delete the event, over to Plan builder and create a new plan BUT the start of the plan is when you first started your original Plan builder training plan.
EDIT: I just had an event I had to delete and as soon as you delete the event Plan Builder Recognizes that and you’re prompted to adjust your plan.
Well the UK is a couple of weeks behind those other countries, so it makes sense in the short term if you were going to exclude any major countries. Let’s not forget we have our own blonde fuzzy-haired mini-Trump in charge here, not to mention the “special relationship” so it feels less surprising somehow.
I’m due to go to Orlando at the end of April - thinking that won’t be happening now.
As of now I’m doing the usual Base/Build/Specialty for a June race, currently in Build. Then I have another BBS block leading up to Cross Nats (whether I go or not). With many races getting canceled, I figured I’d just stay the course and do the BBS and BBS regardless of whether my A race goes on. Say it gets canceled. Would I get more benefit by not doing the first Specialty block and doing something like repeating Base or Build again? Basically, if I don’t have an A race, would Base and or Build be better than Specialty? Or, should I change the Specialty from Rolling Road Race to Cross?
I’m adjusting my training as if all races will be canceled until the first week of May. Thus far we’ve only seen cancellations through March in my region, but I expect everything in April to get axed as well.
Basically this just means sliding in some more base and then pyramidal build in a couple of weeks as instead of racing from March->August with a break in June, I will now attempt to skip the break and not really hit my peak until a mid-June event.
This will likely be the spring and possibly summer of base for me
Same for me, likely to be 4-500€ out of pocket and just hacked off generally as I had a shot of racing for a national squad. Need another aim to keep the training intensity high. But at the end of the day - it’s only a bike race.
I often have substantial variability in heart rate for the same workout and find it is usually related to sleep and nutritional status. If I do a workout first thing in the morning vs the same workout at the end of the day will easily have a 5-8 BPM average difference in heart rate for the same power. My resting heart rate through sleep is also highly variable on diet (especially alcohol) and work stress. If I have more than 3 drinks (wine/beer) resting heart rate through sleep is 10BPM faster.