MISSING A COUPLE DAYS = EFFECT?

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16 years ago 07/16/2007 1:11pm EDT

the past 5 days ive had a busy baseball tournament and i've found myself missing some runs my past 5 days are as follows

1: some volleyball,wiffleball for a couple hours and a baseball game (no running)

2: 60mins fartlek run then a baseball game

3: double-header (no running)

4: steady state 10miler felt really good

5: baseball game, and some more volleyball wiffleball and some manhunt (no running)

before this i went about 3 weeks of 65-70 mpw with no missed days my question is- are these 3 out of 5 days off really going to affect my fitness at all really in the summer? i feel pretty guilty when i go to sleep at night not having run.

16 years ago 07/16/2007 1:15pm EDT

re: dblock75

The guilt will fade with age my man. The fact is some time off here and there is probably good for you and I wouldn't worry about. Consistant days off are what causes problems. Take a week to get back into it and start training like mad man again. You might actually see some good results with the added rest.

I think rest is just as important as wokouts, long runs, etc. but is probably the most over-looked aspect of training. Don't worry about it and lose the guilt...70 mile weeks are back ontrack.

16 years ago 07/16/2007 1:59pm EDT

re: dblock75

Probably no noticeable effect.

16 years ago 07/16/2007 2:05pm EDT

re: luv2run

You won't lose your fitness in that amount of time. Just use this as a 'down' week.

16 years ago 07/16/2007 2:11pm EDT

re: dblock75

The real question is: "To what extent will running be to the detriment of your base/wiffleball (same thing, really), volleyball and manhunting?" Priorities, my friend. Priorities.

16 years ago 07/16/2007 2:14pm EDT

re: eblock76

No, not a bit. Gotta think about the longue duree, my friend.

16 years ago 07/16/2007 2:28pm EDT

re: dblock75

You have lost very little, if anything at all. My high school coach had a nifty little graph that showed how much fitness is lost over a course of days not training. It probably depends a lot more than what can be put on an X-Y plot, but it is probably close to reality.

First, the chart assumed you trained constantly up to the time off and continued to train after the time off. Essentially, up to five days in a row off, the effects can be completely ignored. From there, the fitness loss is somewhat exponential. On the sixth day you have lost twice as much from the fifth day, seventh you have lost twice as much from the sixth, etc. Obviously, you cannot take five days off, run a day, and then take another five off and expect to lose nothing.

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