I've essentially run everyday for a whole year, i feel like it's catching up to me, always achey and have random painful joint stuff going on. Anyhow will taking 1 week off to heal up cause me to be slower on my mile and lose overall endurance? The most time i've taken off in a row over the past year is maybe 3 days. Thoughts? I guess my fear is ill try to restart running and suck, plus im a stress runner so i get irritable if i don't run.. ideas?!
Also how will i restart if i take a week off? If i did 35 miles this week when i come back after my week off what should i aim for.. maybe 20 or 25? and work back up?
Kenyans take weeks or even months off. You'll be fine.
Sounds like the problem is stress. Lift upper body (or just pushups situps and pullups) and go for walks. Problem solved.
Go biking, swimming, pick-up game of whatever. Keep your heart rate up but don't go running for a week.
One week is meaningless in this game. You'll get neither much better nor much worse in one week of running.
One week won't do a thing to your cardio. It will however lower your muscle tension so you'll probably feel off for a bit when starting back. Otherwise a week off won't do much harm, and even the tension thing is only temporary.
cardio? no
muscle memory & form? yes, for a few days you'll feel all over the place & inefficient.
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