When books and magazines say get at least X days of rest a week, what do they mean? Do they mean don't run? Or do they mean complete rest? Sadly Tunney, it just means don't run, rather than "Go lie down in a darkened room with a bottle of champagne
Hi All, I have had shin splints for ages and sometimes they are worse than at other times. I have done the R I C E everytime it gets worse and have rested for ages but it always somes back - I have had my gait check and changed my trainers now
Have been reading an article about rest and it was talking about taking a whole week of rest after every 8 weeks of intensive training.Do any of you do this? Yes, but its not planned and usually forced by cold or some injury though. *he says after
! If you get to the stage where you can run for 30 mins in 8 weeks (one months time?) then you will complete the 5kThe day itself will find the extra minutes for youAs for a rest day every other day, I presume that is what the schedule has for you
My marathon schedule gives me one day of 'rest' a week. So I don't run that day. Simple enough.I schedule my rest day in to the weekend so that I can spend time with Mr LizzyB. But I might spend that day on the bike, walking up mountains
or very light running. I rest from cycling for 2 days before a race. (I commute 30 miles a day so it wears my legs out). I don't take any time off from swimming. Running, 2 days. I don't do any exercise on Sats and most races are on suns.for me, easing up
How much rest do you think you can get away with without losing form? depends on your form and what your goals are!2/3 weeks won't hurt most if you're in good shape to start with but 2/3 months would produce a tailing off of form Thank, am having
why cant i be motivated to go! is it time for a full week rest (though that doesnt sound right) the last 3wks have been hard to go-i did have a really bad cool last week and mange to do 5m sat 5miles sun but finding it really hard in the week as i
Hello everybody!I'm new to this site and new to running, but I'm very keen to get started. I've heard it's best to run one day, then rest the next day, etc. when you're first starting to run, but I have a very tight schedule and travel a lot, and I
I just wanted to say to anyone who, like me, finds it hard to take time away from running when you're injured that rest (or cross-training) really is a remarkable benefit!I have a hip flexor strain and have not been able to walk without pain for a
