Muscles stinging

[JoolieB1]

I am supposed to be run 4 times a week (3 x 5 and a 10)! Being ridiculous I have not stuck to the programme and this week have done 3 x 6 and a 12! Serves me right that I am sitting on the couch now with a blanket over my sore legs and contemplating a hot bath when I feel able to make it to the bathroom! No serious injury but just what I deserved. Still, 12 km, pretty happy with my woodland amble.

[Irish-John Graduate10]

'the wages of sin is death" - but the wages of transgressing the programme is worse

Hope you are fully recovered soon

[JoolieB1 Graduate10 in reply to Irish-John]

Rest day tomorrow and a hot bath will do me good! Hope to be back to "normal" by Monday! I enjoy running nowadays, so four times a week is better than three and it is more fun to squeeze in a 6 than a 5!

[ancientrunner Graduate10]

Good long soak is what you need.

[JoolieB1 Graduate10 in reply to ancientrunner]

Feeling very energetic now, could even go for another run but Max my dog needed walking so I took him for a sniff and he did the running!!

[IannodaTruffe Graduate10]

Training plans are only a guide and of course you can exceed their recommendations, but most of us only learn the hard way. Be careful, Mollie.

[MrsLis Graduate10]

Too late for you now but I was advised to put my legs up high immediately after a long run. Something about stopping 'blood pooling' in my legs which I only partially understand.

So I lie on my back with my feet in the air while I wait for the cold water to run off the shower. Then if it's been a really good run, I do it again before I get dressed too

It's certainly helped me.

[OldPossum in reply to MrsLis]

I love the idea of laying with my legs in the air after a run 😂 My dogs would too and would happily spend an hour washing my face neck and ears 😱😂 They already think that is the only reason I lay on the floor to stretch.!

[MrsLis Graduate10 in reply to OldPossum]

Ah ok, I hadn't thought about animals or small children but your post conjures up a lovely (if wet and sticky) picture OldPossum !

Maybe behind a locked bathroom door for five minutes?

[Anniemurph Graduate10]

Gosh that's a lot of mileage! (kilometerage doesn't sound quite right, somehow ) Hope the legs are good to go again soon!

[misswobble Graduate10]

Take care! No fun to be had on the injury couch.