Say someone has a bad case of your typical cold/flu. Sore throat, congested chest, tight neck, etc. How much faster could they run without said conditions?
Say someone has a bad case of your typical cold/flu. Sore throat, congested chest, tight neck, etc. How much faster could they run without said conditions?
To me, I don't notice a difference. If you ran like sh!t because you're sick, oh well move on.
The range is literally anywhere from not slowing you down at all, to collapsing and dying.
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The range is literally anywhere from not slowing you down at all, to collapsing and dying.
This.
Agree, being sick is not a binary thing. OP, how sick are you?
Julian Wanders just set the road 5k WR with the flu.
To elaborate, I had a runny nose and constant coughing. The worst things were the body aches which were predominantly in my chest and neck. Those were really bad and made me feel lethargic.
Generally, running with a cold is not only a different experience it's typically a miserable one.
what about the temperature? how does it slow you down?
It was a fake WR though.
Significantly slower. Be careful man, you will just get more sick and take longer to recover and waste time training. Get better.
One time I was sick for a high school dual meet and ran the 1600m with splits of 1:01, 1:34, 2:04, 3:07 for a time of 7:46
A week later I got better and ran a negative split 3:36 at the 1600m at counties
For me it's more about recovery than performance. My body won't recover as well when I'm sick and I'll more easily go into that push-too-hard regime.