Training interrupted due to FLU, what to do?

"Ed Brenton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I had a pretty good training plan in place, but just this last weekend I came down with the flu.
At a time when I was planning on doing some of my heaviest swim and bike training I've ended up
spending four days on the couch.

You might want to take a hard look at your training. It depends, of course, on where you are located
but this is probably not flu season for you. When you are overtraining yourself, one of the side
affects is a lowered resistance. It could just be a coincidence but you might want to take a look at
some of the other symptoms of overtraining and see if they fit.

Quoted message said:

I'm feeling like I'm ready to start some light training now, but I don't want to overdo it. It
will be at least a few more days before I am back to 100%.

Listen to your body. Do your light training and if it's not ready your boddy will tell you so.

Quoted message said:

Once Im feeling back to 100% (or close to it), should I do short high intensity workouts, or
should I work on (re)building aerobic endurance. What would be best for someone who was forced to
take a week off, two weeks before a race?

At a week and a half before your sprint you'll be getting close to taper time. I would just
follow your regular taper schedule for that and look at the race as a training day with a lot of
people around. If you try to race it, you stand a good chance of hurting your performance in your
Olympic race.

Quoted message said:

I was planning on a short taper, about 3 or four days, before the sprint, and then moderate
training for one week after the sprint and taper for about a week before the olympic. Now I'm not
sure what to
do.

At this point, I'm thinking the sprint race will just be part of my training for the olympic. I
was hoping for a personal best, but now I am not sure I'll be up to it.

Guess I should have read the whole thing first. Looks like you anwered your own question with the
same answer I gave.