About to start wk 5 on Couch2-5K but have got bad cold & can't run, Do I take up again when cold is over or repeat week 4 again when better?

[leedsmum]

[notbad Graduate]

It depends, if it's a bad cold you might find yourself feeling tired afterwards (speaking from personal experience having just taken a week out and finding my first run today extra tiring). No harm in repeating one run of week 4 and if you feel okay then go onto week 5, if not then some more Week 4. Hope you feel better and are up and at 'em again soon.

[Mitts Graduate]

I agree - see how you feel. It depends too a little how you found W4. For me, W5R1 was a whole lot easier than the W4 runs. You could always do a week 4 run to start off with, and then repeat W5R1, which you normally only do once, a couple of times. Just do what feels best.

Get well soon!

[leedsmum Graduate]

Thank you for your answers to my question, I just couldn't run today, not feeling well at all and was so disappointed as I had come this far in just 4 weeks. Will see how I go and perhaps repeat one week four session before moving onto week 5 the next time I run.

[mark909 Graduate]

Dont worry the important thing is getting better. I pulled my thigh muscle at a similar stage and took a week off. I got back into where i was previously with no problems at all. I'm feeling a bit crook myself at the moment and doubt I'll be doing my usual Tuesday run.

[B1ddy Graduate]

See how you feel when you are better. Maybe repeat week 4?

For one reason or another, for me week 5 was one that I stayed on for a couple of weeks.

Hope you feel better soon.

[leedsmum Graduate]

Thanks for the comments, I felt much better today and started running again and it was fine, coped with week 5, run 1 OK and think it was a good idea to have a week off and recover rather than push myself when I was feeling unwell.