Missed week

[liv]

I was supposed to attempt Week 4 this week, only I was away at the weekend, and picked up a cold while I was away, so I was ill most of the days I could reasonably have caught up with running. I nearly always have some kind of minor upper respiratory thing, so I try to make myself do exercise anyway, but Monday I was shivery and achy and could barely stand, let alone run, and yesterday and today I'm still feeling pretty grim. I may try to start Week 4 tomorrow, or I may just wait until the weekend and get back in synch.

Comments

[rmc28]

I failed to get out Mon & Tue (baby is clingy, spouse was unwell, I wasn't motivated enough to push past both barriers) and I've a meeting this evening ...

- how about we both give ourselves the rest of this week off running, and resync on Saturday with Week 4 Day 1?

[liv]

Bah, sorry you've had an annoying week. I agree, let's resynch by starting Week 4 on Saturday. Thanks for the support!

[ewt]

Sorry you've not been feeling well. If I were shivery and achy I'd be inclined to leave it until Saturday, especially if the next run involves more running than you've been doing; you can always go for a walk tomorrow if the weather is good.

[liv]

You are so right! I was so busy thinking that achy muscles is a symptom of immune response to an infection, that I forgot completely that it's also actual inflammation going on in muscles. It wouldn't be a good idea to ask my poor muscles for extra effort until they're fully recovered. I am definitely on to start again with a clean sheet next week, thank you for the good advice.