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The last week has not been a good week for me... unfortunately I am dealing with a bad flu and cough, I suspect a chest infection of some entity and I do not want to risk any degeneration due to running in the cold mornings... so no run in the last week
Actually I am not sure when I should start running again. do I need all symptoms to clear up or just feeling a bit better ?? we'll see next week is a new week and hopefully I will manage to get out a few times
Best to wait until your chest clears. Conventional wisdom is that it's OK to run if the symptoms are only above the neck, and if there is no fever. Feel better!! xx
Oh eck Marco. Sorry to hear youโre not very well Run when you feel well enough. I raced with a hacking couch I started with a cough sweet in my mouth and had spares. I didnโt cough once! I suppose the act of running opens everything up - chest, airways, diaphragm, nostrils. Etc etc I took Big cotton hankies so I could have a good blow ๐คง๐คง๐คง
The word flu says it all. No running until the symptoms clear up, or you'll pay for it later (i.e. be out of action for longer than if you waited). Get well, Marco!
I hope you feel much better soon, till then take the opportunity to simply relaaaaaax ๐ Running prolongs a chesty illness in my experienceโand I've had plenty this year, I've caught so many bugs! The running part actually doesn't feel too bad once you're over the horrible aching stage, you might find yourself thinking this is great! This is helping! I can finally breathe freely! But...it's when you stop ๐ฉ Your lungs seize up, all your breathing tubes go small and pathetic, you cough and wheeze and approach death and it's just horrid. Not worth risking I say!
I had a Young nhs physio for my shin splint job and he was a runner. I felt really positive once I started the exercises. Itโs a boost to be rehabbing yourself. I used to walk there and back (luckily I could by then, after waiting ages for treatment) he used to give me things to do with my feet on the way home ๐
The exercises proper toned my legs too. Theyโd never looked so good. Slipped a bit since mind โบ๏ธ
๐. Speaking Of being a clumsy oaf. I have to go to my plot today to fix my shed roof which has lost all its felt ๐ซ. I have to get up there and fix it. Wish me luck. Iโm going in ๐ฉโ๐ง๐ทโโ๏ธ๐จ
The ruddy wasps are still there! Haranguing me If I get stung one more time, theyโre toast ๐๐๐๐๐๐
I went there yesters to cut all the grass but my mower conked ๐ค
I did it ๐ช๐๐. Dead chuffed. The hardest job was hauling the felt back onto the roof as itโs so heavy. It was windy too ๐. I was up there with a bag of stuff I thought Iโd need, as climbing up and down the ladder was right tricky. Whether it will stay put and not rip again remains to be seen but I think I nailed it ๐๐๐.
Having done That I managed to get the temperamental mower going, and mow all that needed doing. Felt epic after being practically in tears with frustration yesterday
Some get nicked my fire bin overnight though ๐๐คจโน๏ธ
Oh good. I thought robin was no more. I have Eden Kaneโs โBoyโs Cryโ on vinyl That was a belter We used to proper go for it when we sangalonga to that one ๐
I am regularly doing 3 runs a week, one is Park Run, one is with a running group (average 7.5k with some stops) and one 10k, with a view to gradually extending the 10k one to eventually run a half marathon. Got my eye on the Hastings Half next March, although it's supposed to be a tough hilly one. There is also a 10 mile Christmas Pudding Dash near here in December so hoping to do that first.
Got to vary my long route a bit as I have been doing them all on the seafront, and lovely though it is, I am getting bored of it. So tonight I hit the streets of Hastings with my new trainer lights ๐๐๐, will plan a vague route and see how I go...quite excited to be going somewhere new!
I know Iโve been sat all morning reading them all. Good innit ๐. I love that we are running up a storm when you think not so long ago we were glued to the couch
I raced yesters in our local half marathon. Got a marathon plan on the go so no let up
Thank you! ๐ Yes, there was a bit of an argument between Garmin and Strava again despite the fact they're looking at the same gpx fileโmy watch congratulated me on my 25.08 PB and Strava on my 25.00 one, so I took the latter ๐ I think a bit of the confusion comes from the fact the track I use is treelinedโmy GPS falls into confusion on one particular woody corner, so I wonder if both Garmin and Strava do a line of best fit, but calculate it a bit differently.
I'm slowly making my way back into the group. Things are definitely on the mend, and most of the pain is gone now. I still tape my foot and feel a slight twinge in my heel when I run, but no problems afterwards. I've even dropped the orthotics on my last few runs, and am going to a naprapath now, who has confirmed that it's plantar fasciitis, but agrees that I'm on the mend. I've managed two 5K runs a week the past two weeks, so things are looking good.
Now that my trail races are done this year, I'm shifting my focus to try for a HM distance again. My plan has 3 days of running and 2 days cross training. My plan will be to do a tempo run, a speed or hilly run and then the long run weekly and have a bunch of different things I can do for cross-training. Did my first cross-training work out last night. With all the talk of the importance of activating your glutes while running on the Bridge to 10k forum, I did a series of exercises last night designed to activate your glutes. Will finally finish the Pace Academy 5k challenge tonight, using the final 5k run as my tempo 5k tonight.
Thanks Decker. Fingers crossed I stay on my feet this year! I fell last January on the ice after getting to 16k and just couldnโt get out of my funk after that. Will be more careful this year!
Great 10 miler in Portsmouth yesterday and have booked a flat 10k towards the end of November, so a few weeks working on SPEED ahead for me! Am also looking to do my second HM early next year or maybe in the spring...off to scour the web for inspiration! Happy running folks.
Iโve signed up for Around the Bay 30k in Hamilton, Ontario in March, so that is the training focus through the winter months. Taking a break this week though. Might look at nutrition and cross training too, though I am notoriously undisciplined in those areas.
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