Who runs every day?

[ReyC]

I know this is certainly not advisable while doing the C25K programme but what about post graduation?

How often do you run and do you find you always need a rest day after (a regular run, not an especially gruelling one!)?

[Trizzy37 Graduate]

I graduated mid April and still run 3 times a week, Wed/Fri/Sun. I do karate on Mondays so take Tuesday as an extra rest day. I don't think I could run everyday but kudos to those who can.

[runningnearbeirut Graduate]

If you look at some of the training programmes online, they have you doing 4 runs a week, but if you look at the pace of an "easy" run, it really is meant to be "easy".

I usually aim to do 3 runs a week but often only manage 2.

[ReyC Graduate in reply to runningnearbeirut]

aye, same here. I aim for 3 but its hard to fit them all in - and sometimes the only options in a week are consecutive days...

[ReyC Graduate]

Hi Trizzy - I have tried to keep to 3 times a week but as i run in my lunch breaks sometimes unexpected work or meetings mess up my plans.

I did intervals yesterday and i have just come back from a 5 k this lunch. It did seem harder - i was more fidgety and distracted and it felt slow, but it was a pretty standard 'not REALLY pushing it' 5k time for me in the end.

I won't be going out tomorrow though!

[M141 Graduate]

I am trying to get myself to a 9k run in September and I struggle to do 5k straight (takes about 40mins) so I am focussing on 'getting the miles up' as they say.

So, I am focussing on 4 times a week - min 30 min run - 6 k run and walk. I have done it for x2 weeks so far. I am trying to build my mental toughness which I still don't have a lot of, and to not get injured as even increasing my times I have found more niggles with my body than before.

Good luck.

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Definitely not every day !!

[ju-ju- Graduate]

My alter ( panther) ego would like to tell you that I run everyday, but in reality I don't. However I have been known to run 3 days on the trot. I have been running just over a year now, and it takes the growl out of me, but I do just love running

[Beads Graduate]

I did a 10k last Sunday and had Monday off, does that count? Lets re-phrase that, I didn't run Monday, I did take the bike for an outing (though I did that Sunday after the 10k as well, but only so I could finish 5x50 on a 'round' number) and go to the gym.

I do run a fair bit but I don't run everyday (I didn't run on 1st May, or the 10th, or the 19th) but I'm training for a tri next Sunday and HM the Sat after so I need to start taking it easy this week and next (will be starving if I don't have exercise calories to eat back). Yes, this week my legs have been tired, Thurs and Fri's runs were hard going (only short ones at that and Fri's was way slow!), but this morning at parkrun was fine.

But, I graduated 18 months ago and up to last summer was sticking with the 3 runs a week, it was only during the summer hols where I could fit in a few long runs and the odd extra run that I started seeing the numbers creep up, could I get to 100k in a month? 150? if I've done 150k could I do 100 miles? That sort of thing. Then the number of runs started creeping up, the fitness got there, I signed up for a tri, got my bike out (that adds even more Kms to the monthly total), started going swimming regularly, signed up for 5x50, and everything kicked off as they say. The really stupid thing was after chasing numbers for so long, in April I got up to over 200k run in the month for the first time and didn't realise it until about 2 days ago when I was playing with my spreadsheet!

[baronblaze]

Sometimes i can run 2 consecutive days but my body cannot physically take more than 3 runs a week. I would probably do a 5k parkrun + a 10k run and 6k in the week. My legs tend to hurt all the time so i have to rest to avoid the persistent injuries. Bazza summed it up quite well in that your body is like an elastic band, stretch it too much or too often and it will snap; but you do not know when that could be. I'm full of envy for those that can run long and often without injury.

[achydunlin]

I usually run 3 days a week, occasionally 4. Very occasionally, if I know I'm not going to fit a run in later in the week I do two consecutive runs but its quite rare and when I do I make the second one very slow and cut down on the distance. I think you should listen to your body and let it recover between runs. I do a lot of walking in between runs and also go on a cross-trainer - this keeps me in shape but is easy on my joints.