Pretty bad cold right now. Muscles ache. How long did yours last? How did it alter your training?

Also going through this now. Agree with those above with the above/below neck rule. Timed mine well with a recovery week so hopefully will be ready by next Tuesday for first session back

Ditto - Just finished SSBMV1 and I’ve come down with a cold. Put off the harder workouts (bar the failed ramp test) so my first proper ride will be tonight. Fingers crossed it goes okay as it’s in my head at the moment.

For those following, I skipped my two 5k runs for the week, and pushed back my 90min Friday workout a day. Happily just finished it hitting every target, albeit a little sniffly but feeling strong. Took just under a week since first noticeable issues.

Hell yes - see my thread ‘chronic sinusitis’ for an insight. There’s loads of good advice above and I’ll be experimenting to see how I can change what I do to get some positive effect when I’m sick. My only ‘extra’ would be to mention the psychological impact of being sick - I hate it and it beat…

[image] ThomDean: the psychological impact of being sick - I hate it and it beats me up every time while I fret about lost fitness and missed opportunities. This is me 120%. I forecast missing a full 2 weeks of training which probably translates into a month of lost fitness. :rage: Good thi…

It took me 4 weeks to gain 8%…:weary: [image] Captain_Doughnutman: missing a full 2 weeks of training Declines in Aerobic Capacity: 10-14 days: 6% decrease [image] How long does your fitness last? Training Different types of fitness take different len…

Last week I got a cold in the last week of SSB MVll (endurance rides). I was only 3 days sick, and on Sunday I was already skiing at -10°C. I feel like the 1h endurance ride I did in my 2nd cold day, helped me a lot to recover, less congestion, no dizzness, no crying eyes… Today I did Ramp test an…

Yep today. Haven’t been sick in years. Felt it coming on flying a redeye back home.

+1 for the whole “above the neck/below the neck” philosophy others have mentioned. I developed a cold (stuffy/runny nose, sneezing, light coughing, lots of sinus pressure) a few weeks ago and successfully trained through it. It was hard to tell if the sickness was “above the neck” until I actually …

Three weeks ago, in the third week of SSBMV1, I got a pretty bad cold that interrupted my training. I did a couple of easy rides during my cold, but nothing intense at all. When I felt strong again, I started over on the previous week’s plan, meaning I repeated a couple of workouts. When I got back …

Has anyone gotten sick in the middle of training?

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It took me 4 weeks to gain 8%…

Declines in Aerobic Capacity:

10-14 days: 6% decrease

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