Wk7 done!

[Tigerfan1970]

Went 4 days in between runs due to work, Xmas festivities and a hangover from hell!!

But completed week 7 today and thought it might be tough after a longer rest period than usual, but found it relatively ok.

Onto week 8 and convincing myself that if I can run 25 mins I can surely do 28. as long as no more hangovers get in the way!!! 🍺

[Buddy34 Graduate]

The 4 day break did you some good . Great you've now completed wk7. Well done you 😊

[Irish_eyes Graduate]

I have completed week 1-6 in four weeks out of fear that if I leave a break I will loose momentum and it will be harder, but alas. I left a 3 day break between week 6 run 2 and run 3, and run 3 was probably the easiest run I have had, after giving my legs a good amount of time to recover. So I am going to complete weeks 6-9 leaving a one day break minimum betweem each run, like I should have been doing from the start!

[sTrongFuse Graduate in reply to Irish_eyes]

Always, always, ALWAYS take rest days (and by rest, I mean no running, you can walk, cycle, salsa, do anything else on "rest" days but just don't run). The rests days are essential to the strengthening process as it's then that the muscles repair the micro-tears that running causes and it's this repair that makes you stronger.

You really shouldn't consider running on consecutive days until at least 6 months after graduating (I still only do that once a week at most and I graduated in May) to minimise the risk of injury. IannodaTruffe has written an excellent post on this somewhere. If you ask him nicely, I'm sure he'll repost the link to it.

[sTrongFuse Graduate]

Sometimes those unplanned extra days off put an extra spring in your step. I've got to the point where every 8/9 weeks I actually try to take a full week off just for some extended recovery and the hardest part is actually not running during my enforced rest period.

[RunningMigster Graduate]

You can so do this. No problem.

And I think that a 4 day break at this stage, actually does you the world of good!