# Sick with a cold after SSB1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Training\ **Tags:** plan-modification, sickness, recovery\ **Created:** [January 4, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/sick-with-a-cold-after-ssb1/67254 "2022-01-04T16:41:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DewiJ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/dewij/32/94325_2.png) [@DewiJ](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/DewiJ)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/sick-with-a-cold-after-ssb1/67254/1 "2022-01-04T16:41:31Z")
I finished SSB1 (low volume) recently, and have just come out of a recovery week. This week should be the first week of SSB2. I did the scheduled Ramp Test this morning and got a (disappointingly) small improvement of 3%. I felt as though I might have the beginnings of a head cold last night (tested negative for Covid) but nothing too bad and thought it might have just been fatigue from work stress and some bad sleep. Anyway, I felt sluggish at the start of the Ramp Test, so I’m not surprised it didn’t go as well as I had hoped. Fast forward to this afternoon, and I’m definitely ill with a head cold and a slight cough. I feel wiped! I’ve done another Covid test which is negative, so it appears that it is just a cold. I think I know the answer to this, but would I be better off taking this week as an extra recovery week, and starting SSB2 next Tuesday with another Ramp Test when I will hopefully be 100% fit? Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Exision88](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/exision88/32/85083_2.png) [@Exision88](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Exision88)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/sick-with-a-cold-after-ssb1/67254/2 "2022-01-04T17:35:24Z")
Yes. And don’t worry about the small gains after SSB1, it will get better after B2 and beyond. You are building base. ---
**Author:** ![DewiJ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/dewij/32/94325_2.png) [@DewiJ](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/DewiJ)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/sick-with-a-cold-after-ssb1/67254/4 "2022-01-05T12:24:01Z")
Cheers both @Exision88 @hollymak. I’ll rest for now and pick things up again next week. Rather than use the Annotation feature, I want to just push the whole week back. I’m not training for any events or anything, so I don’t need AT to adjust things, I literally just want to push back the start of SSB2 by one week so I can train the full 6 week block. @IvyAudrain am I right in thinking I can just delete my current plan, and then manually add in SSB2, followed by whatever build and specialty phases I choose (which are SPB and CRR)? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![IvyAudrain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/ivyaudrain/32/47471_2.png) [@IvyAudrain](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/IvyAudrain)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/sick-with-a-cold-after-ssb1/67254/5 "2022-01-05T16:50:22Z")
You can absolutely do that! Recovering and feeling fully ready to train, too, may take more than a week, so it’ll be nice to just start your fresh plan whenever you’re feeling ready without having to keep adding annotations. Rest up! ---
**Author:** ![DewiJ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/dewij/32/94325_2.png) [@DewiJ](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/DewiJ)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/sick-with-a-cold-after-ssb1/67254/6 "2022-01-05T16:59:01Z")
Thanks @IvyAudrain! Much appreciated. Depending on how I feel, I’m guessing I should in theory be fine to start SSB2 rather than have to repeat SSB1 first? If it’s only been a couple of weeks of recovery? ---
**Author:** ![RoadMilitia82](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/roadmilitia82/32/12895_2.png) [@RoadMilitia82](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/RoadMilitia82)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/sick-with-a-cold-after-ssb1/67254/7 "2022-01-07T15:07:59Z")
I have been down for about 8 days with a head cold and I’m in the middle of SSB2. I feel better then I did last week but still have nasal congestion and a nagging cough. It’s really hard to stay off the bike but I’m trying to not set my self back any longer than I already have. I’m really struggling to fit this sickness off tho.