Hi All,
At 28yrs old and having a quarter life crisis I have decided to sort myself out and join the TA (Infantry), I was pretty fit up until 2yrs ago then I had some personal trouble and let myself go bigtime, over the last year I have drank/smoked and sat around on my arrse far too much, so I started running last week to get some idea just how unfit I am and to get myself fit enough for the TA, after my first couple of runs my legs are absolutley fcukin killing me, even to walk it hurts, my question is one of rest and recovery times, should I rest until the pain wears off slightly before I run again? or just carry on and fight through it, according to one regular runner I know I should do just that and another says I'm asking for an injury and should rest for a couple of days. whadda you think? I'm an impatient bstard when I set my mind on something I just want to do as quickly as possible.
Cheers
Lee
At 28yrs old and having a quarter life crisis I have decided to sort myself out and join the TA (Infantry), I was pretty fit up until 2yrs ago then I had some personal trouble and let myself go bigtime, over the last year I have drank/smoked and sat around on my arrse far too much, so I started running last week to get some idea just how unfit I am and to get myself fit enough for the TA, after my first couple of runs my legs are absolutley fcukin killing me, even to walk it hurts, my question is one of rest and recovery times, should I rest until the pain wears off slightly before I run again? or just carry on and fight through it, according to one regular runner I know I should do just that and another says I'm asking for an injury and should rest for a couple of days. whadda you think? I'm an impatient bstard when I set my mind on something I just want to do as quickly as possible.
Cheers
Lee