What Should You Do When Your Training Plan and Real Life Collide?

Missed workouts happen.Work gets busy. You get sick. The weather changes. Sometimes the workout simply does not fit the day you planned.The important question is not whether your training week went perfectly.It is what you do next.In Episode 10 of Coach Erin Says, I revisit the investment portfolio analogy from Episode 2 and use it to explain how to think about missed workouts, recovery, and training adjustments.Every workout is an investment in the fitness you are building for race day.But if you miss one investment, that does not mean you should panic and double your investment the next day.In this episode, we talk about:• The first question to ask when you miss a workout• How to decide whether to move, modify, or skip a session• Why illness usually means letting the workout go• Why stacking workouts can hurt recovery• Which workouts are worth protecting most• How your training phase changes what matters• What repeated missed workouts are telling you• Why recovery and easy training still provide a return• How to tell the difference between smart flexibility and simply avoiding a workout• Why consistency matters more than any one individual sessionOne of the biggest takeaways:The only effective workouts are the ones you can recover from.And most of the time, one missed workout does not need to become tomorrow’s problem.I also talk about how a coach or adaptive training plan can help you look at the whole training portfolio instead of judging one day in isolation.3G TriDot Kickstart begins September 14.Learn more at:https://www.3goalsmultisport.com/Train with purpose, race with confidence, and make yourself proud.