Sitting around isn't going to help you at all. At least jog for 10 or 15 minutes.
Sitting around isn't going to help you at all. At least jog for 10 or 15 minutes.
If you are not injured, you can run. I don’t get the fascination with taking 2 weeks off after every season. Run very comfortably, even 30 minutes a day, Unless you were injured or overtrained, you don’t have to stop. Be active. Stay strong. Don’t race or push hard. But keep consuming that oxygen.
If you want to be good- keep running.
It is simple. Run. Enjoy it.
Consume oxygen wrote:
If you are not injured, you can run. I don’t get the fascination with taking 2 weeks off after every season. Run very comfortably, even 30 minutes a day, Unless you were injured or overtrained, you don’t have to stop. Be active. Stay strong. Don’t race or push hard. But keep consuming that oxygen.
If you want to be good- keep running.
It is simple. Run. Enjoy it.
Agree, the 2 weeks completely off after a season is a foolish idea that started in the 90s along with the idea that running high mileage is not important. Sitting around doing nothing is terrible for your short and long term health and can lead to injury once you start back running again. If you want to take time off then jog 30 minutes really easy every day.
Well it’s not like I can control not sitting around considering I have to all day at school. But I also think I should at least take this week off from running and do some cross training? Like 30 minutes on the bike? Would that help? Or should I just rest the rest of the week?
Now I’m confused, first I said I was taking complete rest and everyone said it was a good idea, now I say I’m sitting down all day at SCHOOL where I have to sit down all day and you’ve are saying I should not take anytime off and continue running?
ForefootRunner177 wrote:
Now I’m confused, first I said I was taking complete rest and everyone said it was a good idea, now I say I’m sitting down all day at SCHOOL where I have to sit down all day and you’ve are saying I should not take anytime off and continue running?
Bruh, you are sounding like an average runner with a weak mind who is turning over every damn feather looking for an excuse to get fat. Suck it up.
OP is a weak beta, looking for an excuse to not train
ForefootRunner177 wrote:
Now I’m confused, first I said I was taking complete rest and everyone said it was a good idea, now I say I’m sitting down all day at SCHOOL where I have to sit down all day and you’ve are saying I should not take anytime off and continue running?
Too many people on LRC is so insecure about their training.
Two weeks off are nothing in terms of cardiovascular fitness. I won't lay on the couch though because your muscles would be sore when you come back to running. Just stay active, nothing too structured, some biking/hiking is fine.
Enjoy the time off, you will benefit a lot especially on the mental side.
Insecure wrote:
ForefootRunner177 wrote:
Now I’m confused, first I said I was taking complete rest and everyone said it was a good idea, now I say I’m sitting down all day at SCHOOL where I have to sit down all day and you’ve are saying I should not take anytime off and continue running?
Too many people on LRC is so insecure about their training.
Two weeks off are nothing in terms of cardiovascular fitness. I won't lay on the couch though because your muscles would be sore when you come back to running. Just stay active, nothing too structured, some biking/hiking is fine.
Enjoy the time off, you will benefit a lot especially on the mental side.
Finally, somebody above an 18 year old mentality commenting. If you're HS aged, 2 weeks off of no structured training will literally have ZERO affect on long term development. You're still a few years away from even peak T output, longgg road ahead. Just enjoy some downtime, do something to get the blood flowing but don't worry about training for a bit, you'll be fine.
Looking for an excuse to not train??? I’m looking for an excuse TO TRAIN. I’m literally addicted to running and am looking for excuses to take as little downtime as possible.
1) you won’t really ‘lose’ much fitness at all with two weeks off. Your first few runs back will feel like trash and after a couple weeks you’ll probably feel just as fit as before tbh.
2) you are WAY overthinking this. The other poster is right. It doesn’t really matter. I think taking at least 1 week off is a good idea, even just to mentally reset.
3) if you’re itching to run, take that 2nd week ‘off’ with 2-3 short easy 20min runs with cross train 2-3 other days.
4) aim for 50-75% of the mileage you were running before your break for your first week back, then work back up towards your goal mileage.
5) sub 5 should honestly be easy for you
ForefootRunner177 wrote:
Could someone just actually answer my question please and explain why taking a week completely off with 1 week of light running mixed with cross training would be better than either 2 weeks completely off or only 1 week completely off and how much fitness I would lose and how long to gain it back.
The real issue is not how much rest you take, but how neurotic you seem to be about missing a little bit of training. It has been my experience that very few runners with this personality have any success. Take some time to enjoy things in life other than running. If you can squeeze it in there, do some research on cortisol and the detrimental effect it will have on your fitness and your health in general if you can't keep your stress levels under control.
And yeah, if you want to go out and jog a few miles every once and a while, it's fine.
It would probably be best to take 2 weeks completely off.
I know you don't train the same way as elites, but look how much time they take off after a season, before resuming training.
Get off this site you oversensitive hobby jogger.
I take like 2 days off before my meets sometimes. These meets I even Pr at with a 4:44 mile so you don't just lose fitness in 3 days, like its not possible.
Running is really all about listening to your body. Once you know how to do that, no one knows better than you how much you should be training (as long are you are being honest about how your body feels). Good coaches always ask their athletes how they feel and guide them from there.
There is no reason to get so mental about this. Take a week off if you want. 2 weeks of if you want. 2 days off if you want. No time off if you want.
In my experience, athletes are different with how they maintain fitness with time off. But there's really no reason to worry about it right after a season.
I don't agree with everything in this video, but this may give you some peace of mind:
ForefootRunner177 wrote:
Hello high school senior here going into much final track season after cross country. Finished with a PR of 17:07 for 3 miles and really want to run a sub-5 minute mile or even fasterthis year for track as I finished with a 5:02 mile last track season.
So the season ended, and now I’m taking 2 weeks off. 1 completely off, and the other with very light running mixed with cross training or maybe only cross training. My question is, would it be more beneficial to incorporate some light running in the second week off or only cross train. And also, how much fitness will I lose after the 2 weeks off and how long will it take me to get back to the fitness I am in now?
the next time you need to be really fit is for track & field state meet qualifying. that's over 6 months away.
You should chill out and listen to people. Take 7-10 days off completely and then do some easy runs for a week like people have posted. Just focus on staying strong and healthy this winter. Lift, core work, some fast strides 1-2 times a week. nothing too serious. consistent running and lifting will be the most helpful thing you can do for yourself as a runner. if i could go back in time and do high school running over i'd be more patient. just do easy runs easy and run workouts hard and turn off the brain after that. the more years you have injury free, the better you will be. even if you do the exact same wrkouts as the previous year.
if you ran 5:02 last year and 17:07 this year, you can probably run 4:40's. the endurance will develop, work on your 400-800m speed
ForefootRunner177 wrote:
Now I’m confused, first I said I was taking complete rest and everyone said it was a good idea, now I say I’m sitting down all day at SCHOOL where I have to sit down all day and you’ve are saying I should not take anytime off and continue running?
You are such a classic over-thinker, nervous high school kid.
Relax.
Take a week off (do not think about running) , then do some easy running, biking, swimming. Moving blood is the reason, not fitness. You have so much time to get in shape for track.
If you try and do big workouts this winter your track season will be garbage.
Calm down, you neurotic child. It doesn't matter. Take one week completely off and then do one week of easy mileage. There. Done. Problem solved.
Recovery is often the hardest part. When you are trying to rebuild, take a note from the weight room: Some time off will make you stronger. Hang in there. You're not running 20+ mile races, so the aerobic fitness you lose won't even be noticed next to the strength gains you'll earn. Just don't eat too much ;P