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[Shireen59]

Hi I havent been here for ages! Looks like everyone is doing great

Just wondering about rests I recently ran my very first 10 klms around home . Been really tired so only ran once this week, does it take a couple of days when you first start doing 10 klm long runs?

[IannodaTruffe Graduate10]

Congratulations.

Like any distance, when you first do it, recovery will take longer, so listen to your body and take as long a rest as you need. Make the next run relatively light on demand, so no fast or long run straight after.

I don't run to compete, so for me a 10-12k run is my weekly treat and I often try to engineer a couple of rest days both before and afterwards. I can remember the times when after coming back from a Saturday morning 10k , I was totally useless for the rest of the day, whereas now I carry on as normal and am quite happy to go for a walk in the afternoon of a similar distance.

Just build it all slow and steady.

[Shireen59 Graduate10 in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thanks I only run for myself , I try for three times a week then maybe long run on Sunday, I have been trying to listen to my body but I have a lazy gene that kicks in a lot so I needed some feedback to make sure I do it right!

[Bluerockdragon Graduate10]

I definitely need at least a couple of days between almost-10km runs. It takes me a couple of days just to re-hydrate!

[Shireen59 Graduate10 in reply to Bluerockdragon]

Thanks I think youre right its taken me ages!