Where do you put your rest day?
RenewedRunner
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If you have one (some of yall maniacs are right now googling what exactly "rest day" means. I don't mean you :laugh: )
Before your long run, after the long run, some random place in the middle of the week?
Right now I have mine before my long run and with a long yoga class the day after the run.
Before your long run, after the long run, some random place in the middle of the week?
Right now I have mine before my long run and with a long yoga class the day after the run.
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I like to swim too so I only run every second day (3-4 days a week) and I swim 2 times, my rest day usually is either Monday (it was today) or Wednesday. I do my long runs on Saturday or Sunday0
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I only on four runs per week at the moment, so have rest day on Wednesday or Thursday, largely driven by my work commitments. days I travel for work I have four to five hours of commuting so that pretty much stifles any opportunity to train on top of a ten hour working day. I'm generally doing a tempo session on a Tuesday, so whichever of Wednesday or Thursday that I do train it's rowing or cycling.
Saturdays are my long ride day, somewhere in the order of 40-50km at the moment, building towards LSD run on a Sunday.0 -
My schedule is right now:
Monday: hills and strength or plyo
tuesday: 2 runs- morning/ evening
wed- active rest
thurs- speed/fartlek plus strength
fri- easy run plus yoga
sat- long run
sunday- full rest (though I admit sometimes I lift a little here if I didn't fit it in during the week)0 -
Weekly schedule right now is
Monday: weight lifting for about an hour, then a half hour with a personal trainer
Tuesday: mid distance run, climbing at a rock gym for about 2 hours
Wednesday: off
Thursday: speed work or hills, climbing at the rock gym for about 2 hours
Friday: short easy run
Saturday: weight lifting, long run
Sunday: weight lift, short run
If I go hiking or climbing on the weekend, things get bumped or I take an extra day off when needed.0 -
My rest days rotate depending on weather and schedule. Right now i have 2. My weekly schedule:
Mon-fri - 3 days of doubles, am/pm split
1 day of either hills, 800s or tempo
1 rest day
Sat - swimming with 4 y.o.s and possibly my long run
Sun - Long run if i didn't do it Saturday
i fit yoga and body weight strength where ever I can.0 -
I am pretty sure doubles of running would kill me.0
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I've pretty much stopped taking rest days and just cross train instead but when I did take one it was the day after my long run.0
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Active recovery is a beautiful thing!0
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I haven't really needed one lately, but I don't run hard day-to-day and use races as my speedwork. So far, so good.0
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I usually bike on my rest day.
But my running rest day is Tuesday; my long run is Saturday... So It's kind of in the middle of everything.0 -
I'm following Hal Higdons Half Marathon Intermediate.
Mine are on Fridays.
I plan to do yoga and other stretching. Plus foam rolling. And potentially my physical therapy exercises0 -
Recovery runs on Wednesday and Fridays and complete rest on Sundays.0
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Day after long runs are usually rest days for me0
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I run 5 days a week. My rest days are on Thursday and Sunday. Long Runs on Saturday.0
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I follow Hanson's and run 6 days a week, so my rest day from running is Wednesday (long runs are on Sunday), so right in the middle. It's actually between speed work Tuesdays and tempo run Thursdays.0
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Mondays only because that is my most busy day of the week. If I am free I might still do yoga or something on rest days.0
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I don't have a certain day that is my rest day, though it is usually mid-to-late week that I take it. It just depends on what day I feel the most tired. I try to follow my body's queues on that. If I still feel energetic and awesome on Wednesday, I'm not going to take a rest day just because it says so on my calendar, but if I do speedwork on Thursday and am feeling sore the next day, I'll make Friday my rest day that week.
I run 6 days a week, and I have the same types of running work outs every week, but I don't always do them on the same day each week. I know some people have, for example, every Tuesday being Hill Day or whatever, but for me, as long as I get my Hill Day in at some point in the week, I don't care what day it happens on. It keeps my weeks from becoming the exact same thing, and helps me stay less "bored", especially when I start increasing my mileage. When my running routine is always the same especially when I'm logging a lot of miles, I get mentally burned out, so I am the type that needs to constantly change up my routes, my terrain, the time of day I'm running, or even just do things like buy new shirts to "break in"... something. Sometimes a new pair of socks is all it takes to motivate me through a sluggish week! ^_^
When I take a rest day, I make it a true rest day (as in no strength training, no cross-training... I walk places because I live downtown, but that's it. No other exercise allowed LOL! Honor thy Rest Day and keep it holy!)0 -
Currently my long run is Sunday, rest days are typically Friday and Monday (thought I will be running today). And by rest I mean I don't workout except for some stretching and rolling. But I will rest whenever I feel necessary.0
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Mine is also the day after my long run.
Typical schedule is:
M - Rest
T - Run/Strength
W - Run
Th - Cross/Strength
F - Run
Sa- Run
Su - Run0 -
My rest day is either the day before a long run (if I work the day before) or the day after; however, I did the runner's world run streak this year and had easier recovery never taking a rest day than I have taking a day off. Even if it was just a mile the day after a long run, I think it helped shake things out better, so full-on rest days may be out the window soon...0
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When I am forced to go to be at work super early and don't have time after work is my usual rest day.0
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i run 5 days a week and cross train 2 days of the week (if i take a rest day completely - like i did yesterday its the day after my long run which is monday)0
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Monday: Cross-Fit
Tuesday: Easy-ish Run
Wednesday: Speed Work
Thursday: Cross-Fit
Friday: Easy-Run or Rest, depending on how I feel
Saturday: Long Run
Sunday: Rest0 -
I don't bother with complete rest days unless it just works out that way but I have a rest day from running (on which I'll do whatever else I feel like, or nothing). My current schedule is:
Mon: easy
Tue: quality
Wed: medium long
Thur: rest
Fri: quality
Sat: easy
Sun: long
So it's just before a hard session rather than just after.0 -
My schedule changes, but depending on how close I am to a race:
Monday: 5-8 easy miles in the AM, closer to a race another 5-8 in the PM
Tuesday: 6-10 with some sort of speed/interval/hill session in the AM, close to a race another 5-8 easy in the PM
Wednesday: Active recovery, stretching, foam rolling, in the morning, soak/ice as necessary in the evening
Thursday: Long run
Friday: Long run (slightly shorter than thursday)
Saturday: Easy run 5-8 miles close to a race, maybe even some easy PM miles as well... during a fallback week I'll take a recovery day
Sunday: AM Speedwork, PM stretch/foamroll/soak0 -
When I was training for my first few marathons, it was always Monday, the day after my long run. Now, I am not really concerned about where it fits in with all of the other workouts. I schedule it based soley on the social aspect
I like my Friday night date nights and I'm too lazy to get up early Friday mornings. So Friday is my rest day. Long run day is still Sundays. Have to find what works for you. 0 -
I'm on week 3 of a 16 week training program for my first half. I run 3X per week. For crosstraining I'll go to a spin class, swim laps, or lift (and occasionally a dance class because I love it!). I take 1 or 2 rest days per week and when I do totally depends on how tired/sore/in need of rest I feel.0
