Putting the Wheels Back On…
The last three weeks have not been good training.
Most of that isn’t my fault. I had a broken arm, which kept me out of the pool and made biking uncomfortable. But I also didn’t run like I should have. Then, just to really seal the deal, I picked up a nasty cold this week that kept me home for two days and crushed whatever momentum I might’ve rebuilt.
The wheels fell off the training bus. Bigly.
It’s honestly not even worth laying out a full training log for the week, but for completeness: one 30-minute run, one 30-minute bike, and one 30-minute swim. That’s it. Relative effort dropped to 180, down from 739 the last time I posted—and down through a slow climb in the 600s to get there. To be fair, 180 wasn’t even as bad as the 174 the week before. Still, between the broken arm and the cold, training ground to a near halt.
The timing isn’t great. IMWI base phase officially starts on 2/16, which gives me about one week to get back to where I wanted to be. That’s not happening. I’ll increase relative effort and training load next week, but I’ll be starting base phase a bit behind.
And that’s okay.
I’ve got 30 weeks from my start date to the start line. There’s room to adjust. I can still finish base phase on time and in shape—just not optimally. Not perfectly. But this has never been about perfection anyway. It’s about consistency over time, and sometimes consistency includes setbacks, illness, and broken bones.
Next week is about putting the wheels back on. Not flying. Just rolling again.