Training while sick

anyone ? Beuller ? Beuller ?

DO NOT RUN. Are you stupid? You're coughing up nasty green phlegm, the glands on your neck are swollen and you feel weak. Why on earth would you run a hard 20 miler? All it will do is prolong your illness. If you go easy on the running you could recover in a week or so, running 20 miles at marathon pace could prolong it for another week or longer and seriously mess up the marathon.

Running 20 miles at goal pace is a dumb idea with or without a cold. Take it easy and do a 22 mile easy run later next week when you are better. 6 weeks is plenty of time to recover from a few down days.

Neon green phlegm is a sign of infection. Do not run with an infection like that. You could end up giving yourself pneumonia or something. I shouldn't preach, since I had some weird phlegm a few weeks ago and kept running, but I definitely didn't push myself. I also should have went to the doc and got an antibiotic. Be smarter; go get a prescription and get over this infection quicker. Don't do the 20 miler.

Don't do the 20 miler at marathon goal pace.

You can run but keep it at 30 minutes and run 100% aerobic (remember marathon 98% aerobic). If you feel good you can run at close to marathon pace like 6'30" pace for a mile or 2 not faster.

There will be no benefit doing such long training: basically your training right over fatburn slowly depleting all glycogen storage. Your immune system will crash. You give the infection time to spread. Doing it slower won't overhelp either your immune system will still crash less severe yes, but the infection is still there.

Do the run next week. The benefit is zero and the risk is inflamed heart or some serious lung inflammation. Both could permanently mess you up.

The 30 minute runs will do some good things. Help the body create an environment where the infections have hard time surviving. Especially in your nose from which most of these colds function.

The fact that you are tired(you didn't tell, but most likely you are) is meaning that your body is trying to tell you something. Do a 30 minute run followed by a shower and a 90 minute nap instead.

REST and if you haven't already,go see your medico.

I decided to abbreviate my workout as follows... I warmed up a mile and then ran with the leader of the marathon through only 7 miles (we averaged a consistent 6:07-6:08 pace) and then dropped off and ran steady (just under 7 minute pace) back to the car to call it a 15 mile day. I actually felt pretty decent and am feeling better today, but still coughing up some nasty stuff, but it's getting to be less and less. Will go 20 next weekend instead.

Thanks for all of the advice.

nikeman wrote:

I decided to abbreviate my workout as follows... I warmed up a mile and then ran with the leader of the marathon through only 7 miles (we averaged a consistent 6:07-6:08 pace) and then dropped off and ran steady (just under 7 minute pace) back to the car to call it a 15 mile day. I actually felt pretty decent and am feeling better today, but still coughing up some nasty stuff, but it's getting to be less and less. Will go 20 next weekend instead.

Thanks for all of the advice.

You're an idiot for running with the leader of a race you had no intention of finishing. Didn't your mother give you enough attention as a child? Oh look at me, I'm so fast.

It was the pace that I wanted to do my workout at, we were talking the whole time and he KNEW that I had no intention of finishing. I told him that in the first mile. It was a small marathon. He told me that he appreciated the company.

nikeman wrote:

It was the pace that I wanted to do my workout at, we were talking the whole time and he KNEW that I had no intention of finishing. I told him that in the first mile. It was a small marathon. He told me that he appreciated the company.

If you don't get it then I don't think I can explain it any better. Jumping in a race you're not competing in and running with the leader is a total DICK move, the size of the race is irrelevant.

That's your opinion, and I wasn't put on this earth to please you, so you can kiss my ass.