illness :(

[ellie2323]

i had got up to week 6 run 2 and was feeling great!!! could do it and loved it but then i got an awful cold and hadn't run for a week. tried week 6 run 2 again and couldn't run for even 3 minutes feeling really upset that i was doing so well and now i feel like i'm back at square one anyone had the same happen and how did you get back into it? thank you

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Hey illness really knocks you back, your immune system takes a pounding. So now you have a benchmark of 3 minutes which is quite a way back in the programme - no wonder you feel upset, I think we all would. I am no expert but maybe you've tried to come back a bit too soon for your bod?

The best advice I have seen on here is to try and see what you do. It's difficult to tell from your post but do you think although you only did the 3 minutes, could you have done another 3?

Give yourself a well earned rest maybe take the 2 days if that works for your schedule and try a run, no pressure with no timetable. Try the warm up walk and see how you feel running at 3 mins in, if okay try for the 5 minutes and take it from there. That should give you a good benchmark on your restart point.

Best of luck and I hope you get back to your usual running soon!

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I don't think you can be back to square 1 after such a short break. More likely you tried a bit too soon or a day you were tired or something. I would treat that as a practise run and try a week 6 run in a couple of days. I am sure you will be fine.

[misswobble Graduate]

You just dust yourself off and go again. Two weeks is not that long is it 🙂

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[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

You just head out again and you take it as slow as a snail on a go slow who has just got over snailitis

Just take it gently and let it happen again!