Not running today

[Jundal]

I was going to go out today, but exhaustion says no! I'm not going for one simple fact: if I fail, i'll have less impetus to go next time, and if I go out today, I can guarantee i'll fail. So hopefully, it will be over the weekend, or if all else fails, Monday.

[Alanist Graduate]

If you're exhausted and can't manage it, give your body the rest it requires and do it tomorrow. An extra day won't make a difference.

Try not to keep putting it off if you can help it, that could be a slippery route back to the couch and you've done so well so far.

[ccarter100]

Give yourself the rest you need. To keep your momentum though, do stretches and gentle walking on your rest and recovery days. You’ll start off Monday with a spring in your step. We all got off the couch with this program, and we’re never going back!! LOL

[dindy Graduate]

Hi Jundal. I looked at your posts to see what week you are on,W7 coming up I think. I could not help notice what you put next to your photo "I'm a running fatty. I wobble, but I get there" That did make me smile.I wobble but from exhaustion sometimes,I think I am going too fast,well fast for me,snail by other members standards(-:

As you are experiencing this running lark is a funny old thing.You feel great and ready for a good run only to find you can hardly get going,huffing & puffing & legs that feel like lead. Other times you are trying to convince yourself that it would be foolish to go out for a run as you have a bone in your leg or a splinter in your pinky. You nonetheless go out for a run and it is one of the best runs you have done.

I can only agree what other members are saying give your body a rest if you feel you need it. No problem stopping for a few days.

I once was having big problems wanting not go out on a run, no motivation,very tired etc. One of the members said it sounded like I had burnt myself out and to have a week off.

I did that and by the end of the week I was rearing to go and I went out on my 1st run and felt really good. I must admit the week off was a complete week off from any training whatsoever and it did me no harm at all.

I have said in a couple of my recent posts lately that if I feel tired I still go out for a run. I know within minutes if it is going to be a good run or a struggle. If it seems it is going to be a struggle I only keep the run say to 1.5-2 miles ,sorry old school, (1.6- 3.2 k) and do fartleks. It is surprising how good you feel after doing something like fartleks or similar and the bad run/feeling turns into a good felling.

Will not be long now b4 you will be posting that you have done w9r3 and well deserved.

[Jundal Graduate in reply to dindy]

Thing is, I've felt wavery and not with it all day, it even took until lunch for me to wake up properly! But I've dragged myself through the day, operating at about 70 percent all day, wanting to say 'f£@k it, I'm gonna go home' until I finished work at half two. When I got back, I had every intention of getting shorts on and going out, but eventually, I just thought in a quiet defeated voice, "I can't. I just can't." But I know that with some rest and a good bit of sleep, i'll be able to. I'm hoping for tomorrow night, but it's a twelve and a half hour shift both weekend days, so it might be Monday morning, 10am, shorts on, Spotify blaring angry music at me, and me gliding like a gut shot swan through around 3 miles of self torture I've come to love. 😁

[Dexy5 Graduate]

Sometimes you need to listen to your body and that’s what you’ve done. No probs