I went climbing yesterday. This morning, my climbing partner (who I was with) texted to say she had Covid. Then my son texted from his dads to say he’s off school with sickness. I was feeling depleted already - the Garmin confirmed the body battery is three quarters way to flat - on seeing the texts, my throat and eyeballs instantly felt scratchy.
I half-heartedly got ready to jog with the thought that if I’m going down with illness, it’s now or never (for a few days, anyway), and if I felt terrible, I’d stop.
The run was sluggish, from start to finish. I was released from any temptation to go faster by the knowledge I wasn’t in best shape. I stopped at 25 minutes on the dot and had to work hard to keep walking. I wanted to collapse in an heap like a biathlete over the finish line. I did start to feel a bit better as I kept walking, and after a hot bath, and a salmon and poached eggs dinner, I’m feeling ok-ish.
Anyway, it’s done. Keep… on… running…
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Having just completed week 7 run 1 and 2 after having either bad cold/flu or new COVID strain I can honestly say, take it easy.
I left running for 8 days while I was ill and, as you will see from my posts, I don't think I was ready to return to running when I did, it was a hard run.
Just take it easy, plenty of liquids and rest. When you think you're ready to start again try something like week 5 run 1 or 2, then week 6 run 1 or 2, then pick up where you left off.
I just tried linking a "We got a runner!" GIF, but HealthUnlocked wouldn't have it. Let's see if it'll have a roll-eyes emoji: 🙄.
Well done on getting it done, especially when some of them cylinders weren't firing. Funnily enough I woke up the same this morning. One of them alcohol-less hangovers. Let's hope in you and your son's case it's not the C-bomb.
I can imagine it - and yes, whilst it may be the more sensible/cautious approach not to run when feeling fatigued/potentially under the weather - it does indicate there may be a runner lurking in there somewhere. And no harm done, it seems 🙃
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