CF and Crew HELP!!

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@lkh

Agree with the others about hydration, but you can’t go back. I’d cut the track work to nothing but tempo for 10 days then rejoin your schedule. I’d also cut lower weights, particularly if there’s anything like DL involved.

There’s a whole thing out there called the “Zatopec Effect,” which is the tendency of athletes to run WRs after a (short) period of forced rest due to injury. So don’t go into races expecting to be slower. Think of it as an unplanned taper.

Sounds very similar to my rehab plan last season, I didn’t do any speed work until day 9 and was ready to race by day 14.

You wouldn’t include any light deep squats to ensure hamstring length returns to normal etc?

Last year I was able to return to normal squatting workouts by day 6.

I hope the "“Zatopec Effect” works for me, last year when I returned it took one meet to shake off the rust then I PR the following week.