7-10 days no run.
7-10 days no run.
No if you've been consistent prior to that.
You may feel rusty on your first run after a 10 days break. But it's not so much that you lost aerobic capacity, it's more like when you sit on a chair for 5 hours straight, and then when you get up and start moving you feel a bit weird. It's the same, it's just your muscles that got a bit stiffed.
However once you go into 10+days of no run, then yes you will start to see declining capacities. However until 2-3 weeks it's not dramatic.
Maroon6 wrote:7-10 days no run.No. I routinely did this just after XC season finishes at college as I had to get busy and prepare for final exams, term papers, and all the other stuff I had let fall behind during XC season. Yes, the first time going out for an easy distance run felt weird at first. Things started to fall into place after 2-3 miles.
You will, but not much.
I think it depends on the individual and age. When I was younger, say 17, my body responded like crazy to training. My body would gain fitness very easily and very quickly. The tradeoff was that it would go away quickly. A week of no running and I was markedly less fit. Now at 37, my body takes more time and effort to gain fitness. However, the reward is that it doesn't go away as quickly. It's like my fitness was more pliable and less stable in youth and with maturity it is firmer and more stable. It's a blessing and a curse.
Pretty good little video on the issue
Maroon6 wrote:
7-10 days no run.
You may gain some aspects of fitness and lose others.
If you needed the rest, then you might run your best race of the year.
Or the worst.
Of course one loses aerobic fitness if an athlete takes seven to ten days off. That does not mean a runner should never take time off. The loss of aerobic fitness after taking three or four days off is offset by gain of freshness so three or four days off days not usually show diminishing performance. This is true for (7 to 10) days off. Lack of aerobic fitness is offset by gain in freshness and healing of slight injuries.
The bigger the base the less you will notice time off.
You get older (50s-60), and 7-10 days off and you really notice the decline, at least I do.
There was a research article somewhere that studied this. They found that up to 5 days there is no change in fitness. After 5-10 only a slight loss and then falls off more dramatically after 2 weeks.
Yes
Ive been off since August 8th, with post covid and then a toe break. I've gained 36 pounds on my marathon weight. It scares me how bad i will be running in a weeks time when i start back.
Is it 10 days of no running but skiing cycling and what not? Or 10 days of zero activity at all?
Sperienced wrote:
I think it depends on the individual and age. When I was younger, say 17, my body responded like crazy to training. My body would gain fitness very easily and very quickly. The tradeoff was that it would go away quickly. A week of no running and I was markedly less fit. Now at 37, my body takes more time and effort to gain fitness. However, the reward is that it doesn't go away as quickly. It's like my fitness was more pliable and less stable in youth and with maturity it is firmer and more stable. It's a blessing and a curse.
yeah this
when you get old your body is constantly trying to lose fitness...the curve is endlessly downwards. Training only keeps the curve shallow, but still downwards.
Taking off 2 weeks erodes the support from under the curve and lets the line drop faster.
agip wrote:
Sperienced wrote:
I think it depends on the individual and age. When I was younger, say 17, my body responded like crazy to training. My body would gain fitness very easily and very quickly. The tradeoff was that it would go away quickly. A week of no running and I was markedly less fit. Now at 37, my body takes more time and effort to gain fitness. However, the reward is that it doesn't go away as quickly. It's like my fitness was more pliable and less stable in youth and with maturity it is firmer and more stable. It's a blessing and a curse.
yeah this
when you get old your body is constantly trying to lose fitness...the curve is endlessly downwards. Training only keeps the curve shallow, but still downwards.
Taking off 2 weeks erodes the support from under the curve and lets the line drop faster.
Depends though doesn't it? On whether you needed a break from running. Too much OCD obsession around here with number of days running per year.
depends... wrote:
agip wrote:
yeah this
when you get old your body is constantly trying to lose fitness...the curve is endlessly downwards. Training only keeps the curve shallow, but still downwards.
Taking off 2 weeks erodes the support from under the curve and lets the line drop faster.
Depends though doesn't it? On whether you needed a break from running. Too much OCD obsession around here with number of days running per year.
heh
yeah you're right
and i actually contradicted the poster I quoted - he's saying his fitness stays with him more now than later, and I'm saying the opposite.
Maybe that's the difference between 30something and 50something.
But to your point, I'm wondering every day if I'd be faster if I ran 4-5 days per week than 6-7 yeah.