Should I go for a run tonight....
Discussion
As the title says really.
I have a half marathon on Sunday, and th training schedule I have says that tonight should be a 30 minute interval session.
My foot is a little sore, but the main thing is that I feel like a have a cold; slight headache, slight cough and sore throat. Normally I'd just do what I want to, but as I have a run at the weekend I want to make sure that I do the right thing.
The schedule this week is quite light; I missed last SUnday's 1 hour run due to my foot and did 40 minutes on a cross trainer and cycle instead.
Tonight as I said should be 30 minutes intervals, tomorrow 30 minutes steady and Thursday 30 minutes easy (I'm only aimning for sub 2hrs).
So would I be better off running through the 'cold', or would I be better off resting - even if I don't run at all until the actual half on SUnday?
Apologies if it's a facile question but I thought I would see what the popular wisdom is....
I have a half marathon on Sunday, and th training schedule I have says that tonight should be a 30 minute interval session.
My foot is a little sore, but the main thing is that I feel like a have a cold; slight headache, slight cough and sore throat. Normally I'd just do what I want to, but as I have a run at the weekend I want to make sure that I do the right thing.
The schedule this week is quite light; I missed last SUnday's 1 hour run due to my foot and did 40 minutes on a cross trainer and cycle instead.
Tonight as I said should be 30 minutes intervals, tomorrow 30 minutes steady and Thursday 30 minutes easy (I'm only aimning for sub 2hrs).
So would I be better off running through the 'cold', or would I be better off resting - even if I don't run at all until the actual half on SUnday?
Apologies if it's a facile question but I thought I would see what the popular wisdom is....
Isn't the usual advice listen to your body? If you are sore and have a cold on the way, then take it easy. If you have done all the training you should have done up to now, I don't think missing a few sessions this week will be the end of the world and you may feel fresher for the big run as a result.
as said, rest up. I guess you've done the 13 week sub 2 hour plan (i was on this for a HM next month until i fooked my achilles) then missing a couple of the final sessions isnt going to make a fat lot of difference
Hows the cold and foot? (ah, just realied posted "yesterday" is about 6 hours, not yesterday, yesterday so prob not changed much!
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Hows the cold and foot? (ah, just realied posted "yesterday" is about 6 hours, not yesterday, yesterday so prob not changed much!
)Edited by cheeky_chops on Wednesday 23 September 02:01
Went for an intervals run, and it was fine - but slower than it should have been, which is an indication in itself.
Foot still aches a bit - pulled something last Friday doing intervals/sprints.
But yeah, we've done our own version of the 13 week plan and have been happily up to 2 hours and I reckon we've covered 13 miles. So we should be fine.
The problem is that I want to go out as I really enjoy the shorter runs now that I can focus on performance rather than just completion.....
But I think that discretion is the better part of valour, as the cold/sniffle is still here. According to my wife I sounded like an old man this morning; coughing, hawking, snuffling..... Zero bloody sympathy though! Doubling ny Vitamin C intake for the next few days to 2gms.
Sorry to hear about your achilles, that must have been really cr@p.
Foot still aches a bit - pulled something last Friday doing intervals/sprints.
But yeah, we've done our own version of the 13 week plan and have been happily up to 2 hours and I reckon we've covered 13 miles. So we should be fine.
The problem is that I want to go out as I really enjoy the shorter runs now that I can focus on performance rather than just completion.....
But I think that discretion is the better part of valour, as the cold/sniffle is still here. According to my wife I sounded like an old man this morning; coughing, hawking, snuffling..... Zero bloody sympathy though! Doubling ny Vitamin C intake for the next few days to 2gms.
Sorry to hear about your achilles, that must have been really cr@p.
JJCW said:
I read in a book a couple of days ago that if its all above your neck, as in sniffly, runny nose etc then you're ok.
If it's below the neck, tight chest, coughing etc, then rest up.
That's interesting.If it's below the neck, tight chest, coughing etc, then rest up.
I've got a cough, and felt the chect tighter during the run. So that's probably another vote for laying off.
T40ORA said:
Sorry to hear about your achilles, that must have been really cr@p.
cheers - yea, was just up to 7 miles with plenty of 5 and 6's under my belt. I went running with the missus alot slower pace than my norm for 6 miles and more "on my toes" (only way to describe it). Was limping for days. Left it 2 weeks and it came straight back. Really gutted as for the 1st time in my life i was really enjoying running.Let us know how you get on
I go out with my wife, who also runs at a slower pace - and it's difficult hanging back. On the shorter runs, every 10 minutes or so I would double back after I'd run off to spend some time together. But as the runs got longer, my fitness level would not allow. I feel a bit of a heel (Whoops! Unintentional pun!)but now I just go off at my own pace, and things are a lot easier.
Strange, but running too slowly really did seem to hurt more.
Yeah, I'll post my (very probably pathetic) time up after we've done the run. The cold seems to have mostly abated now, but I'll not run tonight and see how I am tomorrow. I'd rather be completely cold free for Sunday.
Strange, but running too slowly really did seem to hurt more.
Yeah, I'll post my (very probably pathetic) time up after we've done the run. The cold seems to have mostly abated now, but I'll not run tonight and see how I am tomorrow. I'd rather be completely cold free for Sunday.
Well, we did it!
It is a lovely course, but much more hilly than we'd expected. We were blessed with excellent weather (maybe a bit to warm for my wife) and finished in a reasonable time for the course.
Jules did 2:08:30, I did 1:58:30. These are our timings, official results through at some stage. But now we have a benchmark to work against. I would really like to get down to 1:45 next year. And we're already looking at another half in a month or so.
I'd recommend this run to anyone, as long as you put in some hills during your training.
It is a lovely course, but much more hilly than we'd expected. We were blessed with excellent weather (maybe a bit to warm for my wife) and finished in a reasonable time for the course.
Jules did 2:08:30, I did 1:58:30. These are our timings, official results through at some stage. But now we have a benchmark to work against. I would really like to get down to 1:45 next year. And we're already looking at another half in a month or so.
I'd recommend this run to anyone, as long as you put in some hills during your training.
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