MM needs inspiration.
So, well, yeah, I have rickky crud.. aka pneumonia... a vicious lung sickness that sucks the life from any would-be runner.
I'm not giving up hope that I can run 13.1 (as I hack yet another part of lung discharge up) in october.
It'll be a full 2 weeks of no running when I recover.. if all goes well.
So tell me there's hope that I can run, even at a 13 minute pace...or 14..
Really, if anyone can do it, I can right?!?!
4 comments:
Of course you can! But you would have to alternate slow, low impact running with some walking breaks --to be sure that you do not crash form illness or sickness miles from the finish. And you must be willing to walk off the race course if you just hurt too much. No glory in finishing and lying in bed or a hospital for a week thereafter, or doing some structural injury to a foot or knee that requires medical attention. If you are not confident the day before the race that you can do the 13.1 miles, switch over and do a blazing 5K with Jen.
Be sure that you are fully recovered from the pneumonia before you start training again and do not overtrain and injure yourself or get sick again. When you start up jogging again, focus on slow (12 minute or slower pace) runs, alternating walking breaks (as slow or brisk as you like) every mile or so. That will prepare you both physically and psychologically to jog/walk the 13.1 miles.
Last year 5 people walked the entire 13.1 miles at 17 to 18 minute pace and another dozen walked at about 15 minute pace, times you would easily beat if you are in any kind of shape and don't get sick or injured.
Go MM!
You can totally do it! The body has amazing recovery abilities and a lot depends on how fit you were before you had to rest. You are super fit (yay!) so your detraining won't be as hard on you.
Here's some things I found from Runners World:
"After a long layoff, even with cross training, you're bound to lose at least some fitness. A general rule of thumb is that it takes about two weeks of "retraining" to come back from every week in which you do no exercise. Go easy on yourself during this period. Don't let your ego convince you that you should immediately try to run as you did before your injury/sickness. If you've been off the roads for only a week or two, start at about half the distance you were running before the injury. You should be able to build back to your former level in two to four weeks."
This does not necessarily mean running slower -- just less. Turns out that jogging slowly might actually aggravate an injury; better to run a normal pace and throw in walking breaks for the same amount that you run. As you progress, of course, you can extend the amount of time that you run and reduce the walking time."
So, if you were running 10 miles and then were off for two weeks you could be back to 10 miles in two weeks- which was just as far as the plan called for before race day. You'll finish-
soooo....
I have to do the 5k.
There's always the full Marathon in Feb.
I still haven't "recovered"
Lots of deep albuterol breaths to follow... he ha ha
Wise decision. Now you can party long after your 5k is over while old man MB struggles to plod in under 2 1/2 hours for the Half and then collapses. Sometimes it is better to be wise than foolishly brave. Be sure to get healthy first and worry about running thereafter.
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