Wk9 first run tonight...woke up with sore throat and headache.

[Bonsaiboy]

Damn... feeling under the weather today with the seasonal head cold. Will this affect my performance?? No aches in limbs so going to go for it.

[jiggles7 Graduate]

I believe the rule of thumb is that if it's a head cold then you are fine to run, if it drops to your chest, do not run. ultimately if it is just a head it's up to you and how you are feeling.

[Bonsaiboy in reply to jiggles7]

Thanks jiggles. I plan to run at 5.15 plenty of time to either get better or worse.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

There’s only one way to find out 😀

Take it gently and you should be ok. Good luck

[Bonsaiboy in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Managed to do it but covered only 3.7km. I'm 52 and not sure if that's to be expected. I did it fairly comfortably though so may try and push the last 5 mins tomorrow a bit more.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Bonsaiboy]

Comfortable is the way to run this. You can work on pace later. I ran most of the longer runs at about 36 to 40 minute 5k pace while knowing I had 30 in me. Now I’m in a running plan that demands that I run comfortable most of the time.

[Bonsaiboy in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Thanks for your advice.