Tired

[Kiran274]

Hi everyone

I’m on week 7 and running 25 minutes but today I’m so exhausted and body aches

Is this normal or does it get better ???

[John_W Graduate Ambassador]

How fast are you running (it should be JOGGING) ?

What are you doing on your rest/recovery/repair days?

How much sleep are you getting?

How well do you hydrate? (Your pee should be clear and light in colour)

[nowster Graduate in reply to John_W]

On the other hand, if you're peeing every hour on the hour you might have overdone it. 🤣

As with everything, a sudden change of habits can take the body a bit of time to react to.

[Kiran274 in reply to nowster]

It’s my first week running 25 minutes non stop

[Kiran274 in reply to John_W]

I am jogging not running because I’m very slow. I’m having rest days on between. Sleeping and drinking well

[John_W Graduate Ambassador]

Your body aches? Just your legs or your whole body?

[Kiran274 in reply to John_W]

Whole body. Just very tired today

[John_W Graduate Ambassador in reply to Kiran274]

Ok, rest up. Take it easy and go again tomorrow.

[Tasha99 Graduate]

It gets better. I remember bring exhausted after running a couple of km and now I can do 10 miles without a bother really. It just take time for the body to adapt.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Perhaps you need more than one rest day between the longer runs for your body to recover.

[Kiran274 in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Think I do too. Will try it

Thanks