It was the news that nobody had expected. Niamh took it okay
but the kids were absolutely devastated when they found out: yes, the teachers’
strike is finished and they had to go back to school. Oh the poor things.
Me, I’m presently dealing with a stupid head cold. Not
anywhere near severe enough to justify taking time off work but enough to give
me a headache and generally make me feel a bit unwell. If that had happened a week
earlier I would have attributed it to the race but it’s more likely a bug I
picked up from Niamh and/or Maia because they had been slightly unwell last week.
It should be ok in a couple of days.
Since I am still off running for once I won’t have to
justify to either myself or Niamh why I’m still running when I’m not well.
I missed out on some lovely weather recently, which is a shame. Dry
cold crispy mornings are my favourite conditions for a run and we
had plenty of that in the last couple of weeks. Now the rainy season has
returned but at least it makes not going out for a run slightly more bearable.
I’m still grounded for at least another 10 days. Then it
will be 4 weeks since Albi. I have received plenty of opinions for how long I should
be resting, even for up to 3 months of total rest. The one advice I’m trusting most
of all is that it may well take 7 – 12 weeks until I am recovered from my
overtraining but that does not necessarily require full rest for the entire
period. I can try a test run after 3 weeks, and then judge from the reaction if
I can proceed or not. I decided to err on the side of caution for once (very
uncharacteristically, I know - I must be getting old) and added at least one
extra week of full rest before I venture out again.
That is, if Niamh can bear it for 10 more days. I have
noticed myself that my mood swings are getting worse. I’m surprised that I
still haven’t been banned to the shed yet.
From my experience active recovery beats inactive recovery, both mentally and physically. A bit cold for big bike rides but I would guess hill walking is pretty epic on the west coast of Ireland.
ReplyDeleteWhile that is my experience as well I never had to deal with overtraining before, which is very different to recovering from a workout or niggle
DeleteI hope Niamh has the endurance to survive your extended recovery. Nice going with the parkrun helping. Our roster is often booked up weeks ahead - one of the 'problems' of a large parkrun.
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