Run Your Best Marathon by Murphy Sam;

Author:Murphy, Sam;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2022-07-28T00:00:00+00:00

Make the most of your rest days

One final thing to consider when it comes to optimising recovery is what you do on your rest days. Non-running days should not be physically taxing. This is not the time to get on with your house renovation project, spend the day on your feet or, heaven forbid! go on a huge bender… Nor should you wear yourself out with other physical activities (see Chapter 2 for a reminder of the role of cross-training in your marathon programme). The more frequently you run, the more crucial this point is. For example, if you only run three or four days a week, you have quite a few rest days to play with – but if you run five or six days a week then you need to be more disciplined about how you spend them, so that you don’t return to training in an under-recovered state.

That isn’t to say that you must be completely and fully recovered before you train again – dealing with ‘accumulated fatigue’ is all part of the training process. But being overly fatigued is likely to dent your fitness gains either by overloading an already stressed body or by reducing the effort that you are able to put into the next session. Following a well-structured training plan will avoid this as long as you also stay tuned to your own body and honour your instincts.

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