Holiday break

[Yvogoose]

Hi, I'm off to Greece on Thursday and beating myself up about not being able to run for 9 days. After graduating i have been running 5.5k now 3 times a week for about 5 weeks. Will I be able to do this when I get back? I still find that a tough run but it will be way to hot and hilly for me to do this when I'm away. Any hints please?

[Granspeed Graduate]

You’ll be fine. All the experts say that you don’t lose fitness for at least 2 weeks. Just relax and have fun.

[Yvogoose Graduate in reply to Granspeed]

I hope so, thank you, even after probably a lot more food and alcohol!

[Buddy34 Graduate]

I had a week off in July. Running on the Monday was ok then after that it felt as if I had never stopped. Don't worry and enjoy your holiday 😊

[Yvogoose Graduate in reply to Buddy34]

👍

[MarkyD Graduate]

You’ll be fine (and probably better) for taking some time off.

Now that you’ve graduated, not all runs need to be the same distance. You could run 5km, a shorter recovery run - say 20 minutes - and then a longer run each week. Mix it up a bit, and keep it interesting.

[Yvogoose Graduate in reply to MarkyD]

Thank you.