Well after Saturdays triumphant 10k I’d given it 2 1/2 days and thought “I’ll just go out for my 3k run tonight. It’s cooler, there’s a slight misty drizzle and it’s should be a nice gentle run. How wrong could I be?
I ran a route I’ve run many times before, it was all on the flat but I huffed and puffed and wheezed all the way round. It was like week 1 all over again. But as everyone keeps telling us “ A run is a run” and it’s another 3k under my belt. I’ll give it another couple of days and then try for the 5k, which is what’s left of Week2 of jujus plan.
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I struggled on the first run after my 10k . An all time slow and I ain’t fast. But as you say a run is a run and you ve got a couple more days rest before the 5km . Just be happy you went and know the next one will be better x
Well done on sticking it out. I read somewhere that after a 10K for a beginner you need more than 2 days rest. May be wrong but perhaps it’s because it’s quite an impact on your body? Rest up and take your time.
I need more than 2 days “rest” after 10k I find although maybe it’s all in my mind!! I’m only fitting in 2 runs a week at moment when it was always 3 but it’s still good!
I like to run at least 3 times and have been running every other day since I started with about 3 exceptions, when I left 2 days but got really fidgety then.
I felt really good all day after and the next it was only when I tried to run the day after I felt tired
I think I needed more than a day or two after my first 10k. In fact, looking back over my runs, I had a three day break, then did a 2k, four days then a 2.5k, then two days rest and a 6k, three days and a 6.25k, then a couple of very short sub 2k runs before an 8k. The first 10k really takes it out of you. your body is learning new things and needs time to rest and repair.
There is a lot of confusion around the term recovery run. There is no scientific or even non scientific evidence to suggest that running will help you recover from running. Where recovery runs are useful is that by running when you are already fatigued you gain muscle experience while prefatigued. Running in a prefatigued state activates different muscle fibres from the fresh state. Now this all helps your muscles adapt to cope with the endurance of longer running but it can mean these runs despite being approached at an easy pace can feel crap (and leave you wondering why), however they are as important as the tempo or long run so you shouldn't avoid them by leaving a longer and longer gap.
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