HI everyone - my first post here so hello! I'm currently on week 5 of Couch To 5K and really enjoying it (which surprises me, as everyone who knows me knows that my default position is more on the couch than doing 5K!).
Anyway, I'm looking ahead and it turns out that on week 8 I'll be in Amsterdam and on week 9 I'll be in London. The good part of me is planning runs in the Vondelpark and in Hyde Park etc, but I also know part of me will be thinking 'nah, I'm on holiday'.
I don't want to destroy the momentum I feel I've built up over the last few weeks but if I do end up not running when I'm away, am I safe to repeat week 7 when I'm back? Thanks in advance for any advice!
Hello there. 😀
I had a week on holiday after week 4. Took my running stuff up to Skye intending to run, but then didn't really fancy running through clouds of midgies on the single track roads! It wasn't as if I was back on the couch, though, I did a lot of walking and so on. Came back, went straight into week 5, was fine. Last week I had another week off after week 7 as I had a bit of a thigh niggle. This time I was quite genuinely on the couch. Again, I've gone straight into week 8 with no harm done.
The general advice on here seems to be that you can have up to two weeks off before you start to lose fitness. So you could repeat week 7 or you could go straight onto week 8 and see how you get on. But take your running kit, because you never know. Good luck! 😎