My chest infection at long last is completely defeated and I woke up feeling on good form. After a bit of faffage I was ready to go out and tackle a gentle 6km to build on the 10 minute, 15 minute and 5km runs from the previous week. I re-read the article that Irishprincess posted a while back runtastic.com/blog/en/runni... about running after a cold and am taking the advice on board and not pushing myself too much too soon.
It was a lovely run, and although it was quite chilly, it was dry and I gradually managed to coax the sun out from behind the clouds. My shadow was stretched out in front of me, and for some reason I seemed to be kicking my legs out to the sides. I'd never noticed this on my form but after checking by looking at my actual legs and then deliberately running with a girly side legged flick I realised it wasn't me at all. My shadow seemed to have taken on a life of it's on and developed a really weird running style!!!
I carried on regardless, and just assumed that even if my shadow might end up on the IC at least I would still be fit and well to continue my recovery back to 10k and beyond.
I got to 6km without any trouble and I felt as if I could continue for another kilometre at least. But my sensible self took me in hand and I decided to do a sprint finish for 200m and call it a day.
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According to the article recovery should take as long as the time off for illness has been. So I shall have another couple of weeks building back up to where I was before the dreaded lurgy.
Thanks Deals1 , mind you my sprint is probably other people's jog. 😂😂😂
I love the idea that your shadow has a different running style - I kid myself that mine looks like Paula Radcliffe - but I still think your favourite Max Wall is much more likely.
Brilliantly done Razouski ...easing yourself into it, as you well know, is the only way...my 6k felt like someone had their hand on my forehead pushing me backwards!!
Glad you're feeling better and the chest infection is in the past. That's funny about the shadow....... and a bit spooky 👻
When I see race photos of me running I look as if I have a weird thing going on with one of my feet but I've been assured it's not like that in real life 😕
Glad to hear that the recovery runs are going well Razouski. You’ll soon be back to where you were. I agree the long shadows are so funny at this time of year.
Thanks lexi6 , yes I was keeping that mantra "slow and steady" in my head. Hopefully if there's not too much snow I can get a 7km under my belt tomorrow.
Glad you're back out there, it was a lovely day for a run, so nice to be running, even if it was a little nippy! Just looked outside and it's snowing, so that might have been it for the week. 🌨️❄️
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