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Feb 2024
2:03pm, 3 Feb 2024
6,901 posts
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Little Miss Happy
Welcome aboard Brunski. 
It can cause muscle and joint aches and general fatigue jda.
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Feb 2024
3:57pm, 3 Feb 2024
16,377 posts
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jda
Yes I think there may still be a little something going on LMH. Luckily I'm not the sort of person to over-do things
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Feb 2024
5:28pm, 3 Feb 2024
6,902 posts
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Little Miss Happy
Post viral fatigue can be very debilitating and long lasting jda - it's just not worth taking the risk.
Managed my highest mileage week in over a year though it was still only 78 miles. Should really have a cutback week but I always find that really difficult. By this time last year I'd had two steroid injections in my knees so they're holding up well so far. Fingers crossed. Don't expect to be troubling what used to be my usual marathon mileage nor sub 3 if I'm honest but I live in hope.
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Feb 2024
8:26pm, 3 Feb 2024
253 posts
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Miser
That all sounds positive LMH! Although I’d suggest respecting the rest weeks a little if you can. My wife absolutely can’t do a cutback week, but I find them so important to giving me a chance of any consistency.
Just coming out of a 30 mile cut back week now - snuck in a parkrun this morning for a 2 second pb and feeling ready for the next month’s training.
JDA - fingers crossed you start bouncing back out of it quickly - but don’t push it!
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Feb 2024
9:47pm, 3 Feb 2024
69 posts
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Unsafe Breadbin
Couldn't agree more - don't push recovery from illness. Can set you back even more. Been there - done that, too many times to mention.
Written off January as a bad job with Covid type ugliness. Breathing was just a mess. Only starting to build back into something remotely looking like marathon training.
Stick me down for an optimistic 2:55 at London in April, but a more determined 2:49 at Chicago in October. S**t or bust has always been my motto.
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Feb 2024
6:17am, 4 Feb 2024
6,903 posts
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Little Miss Happy
I think I'm going to have to Miser - my left knee and achilles/ankle aren't good this morning, I have woken with a filthy headache and my RHR is up. I've always just kept going until life dictated a cutback but I think I need to admit I'm less resilient now. 30 miles sounds low - what were you running? I never now how low to go.
That sounds frustrating UB. Hope you're fully recovered and able to push on now.
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Feb 2024
6:31am, 4 Feb 2024
254 posts
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Miser
I thought it was low too - previous week was 56 miles, so a very different ballpark to you!
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Feb 2024
6:49am, 4 Feb 2024
6,904 posts
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Little Miss Happy
Interesting Miser thank you. I guess it was dictated by whichever plan you're following?
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Feb 2024
8:54am, 4 Feb 2024
255 posts
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Miser
Yeah - it dictates a fixed 3 week on, one week easy routine.
Spent ages thinking about how best to fiddle it to line up a recovery week with the buildup half marathon I’ve got planned, but eventually decided to respect the process and just lose a workout in race week.
Key thought in that was definitely how being prescribed rest is probably as important as being given workouts by a training plan.
Much happier to tweak workouts to make things more challenging, but less sure what to do with recovery weeks!
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Feb 2024
10:49am, 4 Feb 2024
1,693 posts
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Chris
Great news brunski, you’ve got a good base to start from. How do your rate Boston? With Manchester, London and Boston within 3 weeks I’m toying between whether I want the crowds of London or sacrifice that for a faster course.
LMH - from where you were I’d say that’s a decent mileage week! I managed my first 80+ mileage week for ages this week and am knackered now 😂 got to do my long run early on Wednesday before work so I can have a decent crack at a 10k next Sunday.
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