I intended a nice little 4/5k run this morning. Five minutes after setting out, I knew my body wasn't up to it after my long run across country in the heat on Friday, so I curtailed it and did a short, sweet, steady jogette. It was 19 degrees and very humid and I slept badly last night. I just didn't have the push to go further. And I, who sweat very little even on a long run, am wet beneath my fringe and under my bra strap just from that short distance. Mind you, despite extreme tiredness, my pace is up thanks to such a small elevation gain - I really must stop stressing about pace!
So, the moral of this story is: listen to your body and let it rest longer if it needs to. The upside of the tale is that my heart rate was mostly in the yellow zone today instead of red, making me realise how much of a load running uphill puts on it on my normal runs.
I have runners high though from that short burst, rather than the smug satisfaction and sense of well being longer runs give me.
Well, it was certainly little. It's funny how 5k is now a short run for me. i remember when running for a minute left me red faced and gasping. I wonder if next year we will all be past the niggles, injuries and tiredness once our bodies have strengthened and our running legs have had time to build x
I really like those 4/5/6ish k runs. I was quite disappointed to realise I was too tired. Mind you, I had a boost when the Thames valley water lady came to check our taps and fit water saving shower heads - she told me there was free insurance for over sixties but that it didn’t apply to me 😂
I'm always soaking by the time I get back in this weather. Don't notice it will running but when I get home my chest and back is wet to the touch. My toddler actually put his hand on me yesterday and said 'daddy wet' which was so cute lol.
Sorry to hear you weren't feeling it, I find that on most runs lately until well after 3k and just keep going in the hope that it does get better. I might have to get the headtorch out again and start to do some longer midweek runs in the evening after 10pm as I don't think I will have the time to do them before the commute when it's cooler.
I’m really lucky not to sweat and I think it’s frim spending much of my childhood in hot countries. I’m still sleeping under a duvet at the moment.
Your little one sounds cute 😊
Some days I feel too tired to run but push on, and it gets better. Today was not one of those days, and I knew I had to cut the run short or be exhausted for the rest of the day.
That's quite interesting in that it is essential to sweat in this heat if it is dry enough to wick away and reduce core temps. If you're not sweating then you're not working hard enough or there is something odd with your circulation. I'm sure your working hard enough People in hot countries sweat also, the body doesn't acclimatize or learn to sweat less, so it may be something to question as to why you don't?? I don't think that can be good for you. Google says women sweat less than men and fitter people sweat more at lower temperatures as it's more efficient thermodynamically.
I do sweat, just not copiously. I just don’t feel the heat as much as some people. I’m comfortable in the heat we have at present. I will still have a coat on when my partner is striding around in shorts (mind you, he strides around in shorts in winter!)I’ve been the same all my life. My GP says my heart is strong, my blood pressure is on the extremely low side of normal.
Ok Dr Pink, I have done some extensive searching on this. Women need a higher temp than men to sweat. Some people don’t have as many sweat glands. Older people’s sweat glands shrink so they don’t sweat as much. Some people naturally sweat less or more than others, we are all different, in rare cases not sweating is a serious condition that leads to over heating.
Sorry hope I didn't offend, I was just intrigued to the science behind it all. Seems so bizarre talking about how much we sweat on a public forum.. well on any forum lol. Here's to sweating copiously or not
Good advice for those of us coming up ( not panting or seating too hard) behind you! I have decided to take more rest days between runs. It seems to suit my body at the moment though the mind is willing . Are you going on to a half marathon?
Me or pink? He’s training for a marathon. I would like to push towards a half marathon. Normally I have one rest day between runs at this stage, but I tend to take two sometimes after a long run 😊
In the first six months I would often find myself going into runs with tired legs or lack of bounce(best way I can describe it), back then I was running just 3 times a week. I took a week off here or there and found that helped get things back on track a lot, otherwise drop one of the three runs in the week. If you keep going it will get to a point where you can cope better, I started recently to do little jogettes on the treadmill at the gym on my in between run days and then eventually I was running more than 3 days a week. Got to 16 days in a row and decided that probably isn't great so sticking at 5 for the moment, but always ready to revise if my body grumbles.
Ah yes that sounds good to me. I think I just need to tell myself, as it seems you did earlier on , it's Ok to spread out the runs, so Juju's plan might take me three or four weeks longer....but I get stronger ( never done any sport all my life though active and have a non-sitting job) And wow...Good Luck with the Marathon.
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It doesn't feel particularly well done after Fridays 11k, but a change of pace and distance is refreshing.
Double Achieved! 
Third time is a charm.
Magic Plan Week 5 Run 2 - A 4k Interval Run (Hmm...) And This Time I Wasn't Too Hot! 👍😁
A run is a run, right? :O
How long is long enough
