Frustrated! Feeling ill.

Well, I completed Wk3r1 last Monday and really loved it. I thought it would be so hard to run for three minutes, but when I did I enjoyed the challenge and found more of a rhythm. However afterwards my dodgy knee started playing up so I decided to have more rest days until it improved. I was going to do Wk3r2 yesterday, but I have now developed some sort of virus with swollen glands, headache and bad cough. I feel too bad to run. When I am better will I have to go back to an earlier run, or can I continue from where I got to?

[Dunder2004 Graduate]

Sorry to hear about your maladies. Don't worry too much, you will be fine to continue with week 3.

Get well soon.

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Thanks Dunder. That is good to know!

[Irish-John Graduate]

Give it a go but don't get too "all or nothing" and risk injury because you push too hard or depressed because you didn't finish. Take it nice and easy - most of us took longer than nine weeks to graduate and only bagged the 5K distance later on

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Thanks Irish-John. You are right! I should relax and not get too worried. After all, I have the rest of my life to do it!

[Jalapenolover101 Graduate]

I've just restarted after 4 weeks of being ill. I'd completed w5r1 beforehand and like you was unsure where to restart. After great advice on here I decided to do w5r1 again and see how I went, the idea being if I couldn't finish I'd start from w4 again. Less than a week later, today, I've done w5r3! Just take it easy and have extra rest days if needed. Good luck👍

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Well done Jalapenolover! I think that sounds like good advice. 😊Can't imagine running at all at the moment as have bad chest infection. 😒