I just completed day one of week 5 and tomorrow will be day two and a friend has asked me to join her on this and her next day is monday... what i like to know is... if i miss tomorrow and i going to feel it more on monday? or would i be better to do a little tomorrow and on monday as well?i don't want to burn out
You actually should not do day 2 tomorrow, where are the rest days gone????
Today is my rest day so tomorrow would be day two
Hmm. I tried running with somebody else, but it was on the understanding that each person ran at their own pace. Just as well, as we ended up having very different speeds and ran at a distance from each other.
I'd say that you should only do the run once - and ideally you need at least a day's rest between runs for your body to sort itself out.
I understand this with different speeds and it probably will be ... today was rest day as yesterday was day one so technically tomorrow is day two.... would i be better to leave tomorrow and join friend on Monday?or do a little bit of day two tomorrow? will my body feel it more if i have two rest days?
Running with a companion really does work. I don't think it would work so well for me if it was hubby, but defo with my friend. We chat as well! And yet when I am on my own I swear I am dying, fighting for every breath!
Go for it..I think you will enjoy it.
Your body will just do more repairs in the extra off day than it would have. (And if it doesn't need to, then you're in good enough condition already to take the occasional longer break, anyway). From what I've read online, it looks like early in a training programme, but once you've gotten a bit fit, it takes about a week to start losing fitness, not just days. And if you keep on longer, I've heard of fitness (at the peak level you've reached at the time) lasting up to a month before it starts to diminish.
So the fitness loss aspect of waiting till Monday is nothing to worry about.
The different paces might be another matter. Perhaps agree to meet up at the end this first time? That will give you an idea of what kind of next run you could do together. I'd imagine it could be nice doing it together with someone else, if only to be able to talk about it afterwards.
Do it Monday with your friend at your pace that your comfortable with.
Two days rest won't hurt you at all. Try going with your friend on Monday. I hope it works out because its so much nicer being able to run with a friend if you can.
I've just finished week 5. I usually have 2 rest days between the end of one week and the start of the next. If anything I think I benefit from it.
An extra day's rest won't hurt you.
I do the 3 runs of each week Mon, Wed and Fri and have the weekend off. Works for me. Week 6 starts on Monday
anyway 2 days rest may even be surprisingly good for your running - and it may be quite fun to run with a friend! 
Week one done! But missed 3 days of running 
Advice after 10 days missed please
Missed opportunity again :-(
Hello Miss Wobble & friends
Slept in and missed my run!
