I decided to scrap Plan Builder when I got Covid, Stomach bug, and then a cold from my kids in daycare. With them constantly being out of school, juggling work and being ill so often I just couldn’t stick with the plans. I don’t race and just have a week long gravel destination vacation in June as my “A” ride/trip.
I successfully completed SSBLV 1 and 2 with no missed workouts and only one failed threshold workout (Dragontail -1, but I tested positive for C19 the next day) before all the illnesses.
Now I’m just using train now and riding unstructured outside because it’s too challenging to stick with the plans. My question is for people who do this how do you schedule recovery weeks? I’ve been doing a mix of SS, threshold and vo2 when I’m inside and have definitely been doing intensity (and hard outdoor rides). Do ppl just stick with endurance every 4th or 5th week? Skip recovery weeks? Go based on feel?
TIA