Filed under: training update | Tags: brief halt to training, Kaiser Permanente scheduling sucks
Yesterday I had a “planned” small surgical procedure. “Planned” in the sense that I requested it a long time ago, but “planned” also in that &*$%# Kaiser Permanente’s scheduling is absolutely horrible. 6mos to get into a doctor’s schedule?!? Even if it’s only the cost of my copay, that’s ridiculous!! Needless to say, I’m switching this year when the re-enrollment comes up at work.
So, I’m laying around with an icepack and a dose of oxycodone, yesterday, today, and tomorrow. I’m off the bike and no running for 7 days. And I can return to the pool once my stitches are all sealed up, minimum 4 days.
Given that I just started my 20 week training plan, I’m all anxious to be working out and establishing my training rhythm. I did my scheduled workouts this week (up to yesterday) so I’m trying to establish normalcy on both sides of this speedbump. I will take it easy next week as I roll back into it. I think I might repeat this week (week 2) during week 3 and then pick up my regular schedule (recovery week 4, base week 5, etc). I don’t want to spike back into too much intensity, especially since I’m still likely to be a little tender.
Soon…soon…soon!
