When a Change is Not as good as a Rest

[Maddee_6333]

I had to rest up after the notquiteatriathlon thing I did the other week (3k along the prom was far too hard on my knees) and thought I'd be able to go for my next scheduled run - a recovery week (HA!) 15 minute steady run - last Monday after I got back from taking my son up to Nottingham to move in with his girlfriend, but it was not to be. Mostly because of driving an unfamiliar vehicle for more than 8 hours last Sunday, but helping shift their furniture into their house also didn't help.

I finally felt up to doing my 15 minutes on Friday morning, and it doesn't seem to have made anything worse so I'll do the interval run on Tuesday, and follow it with a half hour run next Saturday if things are still okay.

That will leave me a clear fortnight to run an actual 10k before my birthday.

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

Great post... I think a few of us feel our rest days are more strenuous than our run days! particularly with young persons involved!

I remember a similar occasion, driving a small hired removal van down the Winnats Pass in Derbyshire and lugging furniture up four flights of stairs in a building in Sheffield on what turned out to be the hottest day of the year!!!

You did so well on your Triathlon thing though!!! The knees do take a pounding on hard surfaces...hope your run goes well on Thursday too.. you have time to build up

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Four flights! Wow. That's some going 🌟

[Anniemurph Graduate10]

I missed the notquiteatriathlon, sorry, but take the recovery phase nice and easy and I'm sure you'll be fine for your 10k. Driving for long periods is hard, and driving unfamiliar vehicles is even harder, let along wrangling furniture around. Cross-training, right?

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10 in reply to Anniemurph]

It was definitely cross training; the stairs in Nottingham are *steep*.

[skysue16 Graduate10]

Good to rest up after all that shifting of furniture! Take care

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10 in reply to skysue16]

Will do!