January Running: starting the New Year on the right (and left) foot

[rocknrollgirl]

Yellow,
First of all....sorrrrry. OY.

Anyhoo, funny you say that about the resting part. My hubs and I were out for a walk the other day and he said the same exact thing. Between the weather and me being injured and sick he has not been out much either. He said he feel like he almost needs a 65 degree day to be excited to get back out there. Now he has some version of what I have and more OY.

And as my doc reminded me yesterday, slowly start back, SLOWLY. ( this was after I asked her if I could exercise this weekend. Hey it was worth a shot. You should have seen the look on her face. Priceless.)

[Crankin]

Be careful, ladies. When I was much younger (40?), I had severe case of the flu. Fever of 104, a week off from work. This was sometime in March. I started coughing terribly after the worst symptoms went away, and the cough, and the subsequent weakness, etc had me down until the beginning of May. I was very fit then and had to give up teaching at the gym for 8 weeks. I eventually started back by swimming and walking, but it was a long road. I wish I could say I learned my lesson, but I try very hard to rest now when I *know* I should.

[OakLeaf]

Amen to that, Crankin. When I was 29 or 30 I had a sinus infection that lasted 11 weeks because I just would not stay off my bike. I wound up finally having to take a week not only off riding but off work too, before I got better. (And during that week I managed to run a red light and T-bone someone else's car ... thankfully no one was hurt. But exhaustion was probably one of the reasons that happened.)

So, everybody rest and take care of yourselves!! Getting back into the routine will happen when you're ready, I believe in your ability to to that.

I'm on perma-sore already and there's a long way to go until race day. Just thank goodness the weather has cooled off here. Still working on speed development and trying not to get too concerned about how quickly I'll have to be building up the long run distance. I hired the coach, now my job is to trust him. Six mile tempo run tomorrow.

[Catrin]

Hope everyone is feeling better soon! There seems to be so much going around, on top of all of this 'lovely' weather (harumph, mumble, grumble)

After my group training today I attempted 2 sets of a 400 meter light jog. In between I walked 200 meters. My hamstring was ok with it, which is a good sign since I did a heavy conditioning workout yesterday that included, among many other things, 24 body weight deadlifts.

[tulip]

Trudging along with my Couch-to-5k plan. I found an app that tells me when to run and when to walk, and that makes things a lot easier to keep track of.

[rocknrollgirl]

I survived my outing and even got in a short run. I am feeling much, much better. Now we just have to survive the " end of the world" snowstorm. For heaven's sake.

[emily_in_nc]

Did 4 miles on the treadmill today -- about 1.75 miles of that was running. I used the "interval" program which automatically changes between a walking and running speed every 1.5 minutes or so. Really works for me as I would not be disciplined enough to do that on the road, especially without music. With all my favorite tunes and a set program, I do very well. I know most people hate the treadmill, but it works for me. :-)

[rocknrollgirl]

Be careful, ladies. When I was much younger (40?), I had severe case of the flu. Fever of 104, a week off from work. This was sometime in March. I started coughing terribly after the worst symptoms went away, and the cough, and the subsequent weakness, etc had me down until the beginning of May. I was very fit then and had to give up teaching at the gym for 8 weeks. I eventually started back by swimming and walking, but it was a long road. I wish I could say I learned my lesson, but I try very hard to rest now when I *know* I should.

I really think I am rounding the corner today. I have not coughed at all. I am hoping this is the beginning of the end of it.