Running advice, please!

Somebody_Loved

Hello all you runners, need some more advice!

I'm in week 6 of marathon training and have come down with a nasty flu and fever. I haven't been able to run any of my mid-week runs this week (3m, 6m, 3m) and unless I get better quickly, I can't imagine getting my long run in this weekend, either (14m). My question is, should I try to make up the miles somehow? Or is it early enough to where missing my long run one weekend isn't a big deal?

I'm trying not to stress over missing the long run this weekend but I know long runs are the most important. Next weekend I'm running a 10k on Saturday, so I could "make up" the 14 mile run I'm missing this weekend next Sunday. Any thoughts?

TIA!

dpwellman

No. Just pick up training where you left off. . or nearly left off and try to get consistent miles in. I just lost a month (almost) of training and am almost equal with everyone else who hadn't missed any training (although I dropped to a slightly slower pace group).

Well, I added cycling, too since I wasn't able to run as fast/far coming back from illness.

Rule of thumb for illness:
Symptoms above the neck run
Symptoms below the neck no run

But depending on severity, feel like you can go, go. But definitely don't push it. Cardio wastes histamine mitigators.

BrianSharpe

dpwellman wrote: »

No. Just pick up training where you left off. .

Agreed, unless you are unable to run for an extended period of time you're not going to lose a discernible amount of fitness.

As to doubling up next weekend my only concern would be if you were killing the 10K, if to dialed it back a bit an treated it as a training run you'd probably be fine with the longer run on Sunday but if you're racing it for a PR not so much....

Somebody_Loved

@dpwellman @BrianSharpe - Thank you both for the advice. I'm hoping to be able to pick back up where I left off next week. I've had a bad fever so the last run I attempted ended very short and left my body in a lot of pain. I can easily treat the 10k as a training run to get in additional miles on Sunday, I don't have a problem with that.

scorpio516

dpwellman wrote: »

No. Just pick up training where you left off. . or nearly left off and try to get consistent miles in. I just lost a month (almost) of training and am almost equal with everyone else who hadn't missed any training (although I dropped to a slightly slower pace group).

Well, I added cycling, too since I wasn't able to run as fast/far coming back from illness.

Rule of thumb for illness:
Symptoms above the neck run
Symptoms below the neck no run

But depending on severity, feel like you can go, go. But definitely don't push it. Cardio wastes histamine mitigators.

+1

One of the books I have has a chart for getting back into it. Basically, under a week, don't worry about it. Between a week and a month, go at something like 90 or 95% of what you were.

777cbr

scorpio516 wrote: »

dpwellman wrote: »

No. Just pick up training where you left off. . or nearly left off and try to get consistent miles in. I just lost a month (almost) of training and am almost equal with everyone else who hadn't missed any training (although I dropped to a slightly slower pace group).

Well, I added cycling, too since I wasn't able to run as fast/far coming back from illness.

Rule of thumb for illness:
Symptoms above the neck run
Symptoms below the neck no run

But depending on severity, feel like you can go, go. But definitely don't push it. Cardio wastes histamine mitigators.

+1

One of the books I have has a chart for getting back into it. Basically, under a week, don't worry about it. Between a week and a month, go at something like 90 or 95% of what you were.

Great advice! and love the Boston bling.

kristinegift

I'd just pick it up where you left off. When's the marathon that you're training for? I'd bet you'll have plenty of other 14+ mile long runs later. You aren't missing too much.

And good luck at the 10k next weekend!

Somebody_Loved

Thanks, everyone!

@kristinegift - Thank you! The marathon isn't until June 18th, so it's still quite a ways out.