Wow, that’s taken a while. Good to see you’re on recovery mode. I’m dreading the break in training - I’ll probably get withdrawal symptoms from my cycling addiction.
I wanted to do the week with Ian starting the 17th and I’ve got FF planned for the 30th just before starting a 12 week Hilly Grand Fondo plan, but I’ll follow this guidance first and see where we stand after that:
Yeah, I’ve been following that advice and also found the info from the BMJ in this thread very useful.
Back to physical activity after Covid19 infection
Effectively a 2 week break, so not too bad in the scheme of things.
I did a session on the day that symptoms were starting to show which, with hindsight, wasn’t the best decision.
I followed similar.
I tested positive 10 days before Christmas a whilst it was nothing more than a very mild cold for 2 days, 5 mins of coughing and then basically nothing I was very careful in getting back to things. This thing seems rather unpredictable so didnt want to tempt fate. It coincided with a Christmas-enforced break so I got a good rest though I am now feeeling undertrained and a HM yesterday confirmed as such.
Better to be safe than sorry though. You can’t train at all if you’re in a hospital bed.
Wait until you get to the velodrome…
Cheers Ian!
Holy cow. I just did rabbit mtn in level mode & it wrecked me 
I did it once before and left the note „probably more fun in level mode“. I‘m not sure „fun“ is the right word.
The final two sets were extremely challenging, settling into the lower, but still not easy, efforts. I found myself doing more of a 1-on-1-off effort, rather than maintaining close to threshold, exceeding it, then settling back to it.
Glad I tried this, but likely will return to erg for my next time.
REVIVE!
I can’t believe I never finished my week with Sir Neal back when I got as far as Rabbit Mountain. Fired up Superflag this morning and boy, the graph and rating was a bit deceptive as I thought it wouldn’t be too tough. I was definitely done for the day at the end of it, but enjoyed the ride. I enjoyed listening to the rim brakes, and particularly the 300+ days of sunshine a year Boulder gets. Made me feel like maybe I could live there one day (haha) since it’s at least as sunny as Manitoba! Definitely not as flat, or as cheap, though.
Anyway, great ride, and looking forward to Gravel Grinder and the Velodrome still. Yay! How many other indoor cycling apps let you “ride” with such an affable yet winning coach? How he kept smiling so much despite the faulty shifter I’ll never know.
Thanks for reminding me I need to complete this AWW as well. I really like Neal, even though he has tormented us for years with his with his wicked(ly great) workouts.
