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do i run today or tomorrow.

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mixindaveGraduate
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hi peeps, now thats ive graduated i have a routine where i usually do a tuesday 5-10k slow a 5k on a thursday at tempo pace and parkrun on a saturday. Sunday i have my first proper 5k here: goo.gl/xoYhTZ . also the 2k fun run with the boy :) anyway i ran yesterday , feel good but dont really want a double rest day. do i go for an easy slow run today or do parkrun on saturday at a very easy pace? very easy pace would be about 6 minutes per km

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I have the feeling that if you go for the park run tomorrow you may forget that you intend to do the easy pace as you will be surrounded by other runners. If you feel you have to run, why don't you just do 3k today just to get it out of your system which means a rest day tomorrow before your event and also means that you aren't pushing yourself too much today.

I am not an expert on this - only a beginner - but my husband does triathlons and will run in his taper weeks for a shorter distance but at the same speed.

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mixindaveGraduate in reply toSC1472

yea was thinking that, probably end up running faster as my competitive side will take over XD XD yea the boy is off school today as its PD day. see if he would like a 2k fun run practice :)

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Millsie-JGraduate in reply tomixindave

Yes thats a good solution! If you really must run it has be a short slow run today in my MHO. Better still have a walk with your son, measuring the 2k so there are no surprises for him..better still if you know the fun run route walk that!

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misswobbleGraduate

I would maintain a day of rest between runs as I think we need recovery time. Looking good for Parkrun then 🙂

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mixindaveGraduate

just an addon question for anyone who has paid for both the main run and a fun run. do you pick up two goody bags? not being greedy but two extra running shirts would be a bonus right? lol

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Millsie-JGraduate in reply tomixindave

I think you get both, if you have paid same fee as all others or each..,..presuming there is a T for the fun run, often its just a medal.

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mixindaveGraduate in reply toMillsie-J

i believe its just the same bag. but yea I just think of it as two extra shirts to use for my runs :)

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It is reckoned that you need to run regularly for a year before you should consider running on consecutive days. Even then you never follow a hard run with a hard run. This is arbitrary, since we are all different, but caution doesn't get you on the injury couch.

I would maintain the rest day. There will be parkrun every Saturday and stupid to overdo it. Many graduates have their first injuries in the first few months following graduation................just a warning.

Keep running, keep smiling.

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ju-ju-Graduate

I would rest until the event- sorry just realised you said its this Sunday!!!

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TomasGraduate

If you run hard on Saturday, your performance on Sunday WIL BE less than if you rest or run gently on Saturday.

If you run gently on Saturday, your performance on Sunday IS LIKELY TO BE less than if you rest on Saturday.

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