Quote Originally Posted by Kimmyt View Post
And here's something for any other newish runners out there. I figured out why everyone talks about the 10% rule. They're right. I decided it would be ok to increase my mileage from 10-12/week to.. oh, 24 last week. I don't know why I thought it was a good idea. It seemed ok at the time. Now my inner hip is nagging me and I had to ice it last night after climbing. My left shin is aching and I've got a race on Sunday. I feel like I'm falling apart.

And the sad thing is, i did it to myself. Here's to hoping if I rest it the rest of the week that the aches and pains will subside in time for the race!

K.
You're not alone, I've done that kind of thing too (going from 3 mile runs to 8 mile runs in three weeks, going from flat tarmac running to offroad running with 1500ft of climbing and descending in it), I think we all to an extent have to overdo it first and hurt ourselves before getting sensible! Definitely rest for the rest of the week you can't do much to increase you fitness now anyway.

I've re-scheduled in my "easy week" again, I did start to make real progress when I had 3 higher mileage weeks followed by one much lower mileage (about half) week though I would do some of the runs faster, don't know why I stopped doing it last year though its hard to make yourself back off sometimes. My "easy week" is scheduled for next week but I don't feel I need it as my bike mileage has been lower than I expected due to all this bliddy wind and rain!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm still going to do the shorter runs, just up the intensity.


6 miles on Monday with a 2.5 mile section of fartleks - not in the rain. I'm out with the club tonight and it has actually stopped raining though it is forecast for heavy rain again tomorrow when I'm off, typical.