Over trained and sick of it all, where is my bike !

In the run up to Christmas my training volume fluctuted between 1 hour and 10 hours per week with the majority of the training completed indoors on the iMagic. During November I did a 2 hour session just below AT, which with the rest of the activity for the week topped the total time out at just over 10 hours. The only problem seemed to be that 25% of it was in Zone 4 just below AT and I did not spend enough time recovering during the following 4 weeks.

I would have thought that due to the lower volume of training time this should have provided the recovery time, although I have my doubts as I tend to find it difficult to have an easy ride.

4 weeks later I cought a virus that seemed to be doing the usual rounds, however the difference seemed to be either the way that I coughed or my immune system was hammered. The end result was that the impact of the virus allowed or caused my lungs to become infected and this spread in the space of just under a week from top to bottom.

The local doctor prescribed some penicillin (7 days), which cleared a bit of my throat in 2 days and did not do anything after that.

Visiting the local hospital for a checkup as my throat seemed to be closing up they then prescribed some other antibiotics (7 day) to clear up the infection, which seemed to work in 2 phases. The first phase was a reduction in green gunk over 3 days and then the second phase 3-4 days seemed to be like pneumonia with a lot of fluid build up in my lungs. 7 more days of a reduced strength (50%) dose seemed to have stopped the bacterial infection.

The duration of the virus infection (feel 98% recovered at the moment) so far has been 42 days.

The current outlook is I'll be back on the bike this week with the prospect of re-training in around 3 months (84 days - 2 for 1) and back racing for May or June, can't wait !