Recovery For Runners: Why Is Rest As Important As Running?

[@DavidBrown-wp5fc]

“It takes enormous concentration, perseverance and determination and you can have none of those if you’re tired..” brilliant! This is so true and obvious when faced with it

[@PoetWithPace]

So true!

[@IBXRunning]

I like that you pointed out the difference of overtraining and underrecovering. Really great content!

[@PoetWithPace]

Agreed!

[@danflowers8584]

Oh my God...I saw coach Perry smile. Nice smile, wish he would do it more.

[@PoetWithPace]

😃

[@fionassozi9098]

Thank you for this! Very insightful 👍🏾

[@GeriatricPimp]

Thank you for asking the interviewee to clarify the difference between "over doing exercise" and "under recovering"

[@medhashelkeyadav2259]

From my own experience and that of others, I’ve observed that there has to be a clear balance betw training & recovery. It’s a different ratio for every individual. An absolute beginner may need even two days of recovery in between runs. On a scale of 1-10, his fitness would be 1-3. If he needs a day’s rest after a long run, fitness level would then take be say 3-5, for a recovery walk 5-7 & recovery short run 7-9. Plz correct me if I’m wrong but recovery time depends on the level of fitness of the person. That’s why one needs a proper coach to find out what suits one best. A good coach would try to scale up the fitness level while gradually scaling down the recovery time. Totally agree with Coach Parry!! 👍

[@PoetWithPace]

Totally agree!

[@PoetWithPace]

Always good to hear about recovery. Thank you coach!

[@TomKarabel24]

Awesome information! Thank you!

[@percybear1]

Is it OK to walk on rest days? Thnaks!

[@PoetWithPace]

I enjoy my walks as recovery

[@jshardlo]

This is really interesting - the only time I remember being very tired but unable to sleep was after my first day trying to snowboard. I've fallen and picked myself up so many times that day - I guess the cortisol was what caused it !

[@blackcatsarenopussies]

My coach, many, many years ago told us the most important things in order to perform are, in this order: 1. Rest 2. Nutrition 3. Training

[@jennyferreira3237]

Hi. I e mailed support but no answer. How can I get hold of someone to help me please.

[@CoachParry]

Hi Jenny, the best way to contact us is through our support desk on support at coach parry dot com. Is that the email address you used? We have an automated system that creates a ticket number when you email, could you let me know what ticket number you received was and I can look into it for you. Alternatively you can let me know what email address you used and I can search for that.

[@JRJapaneserunnerinUK]

Rest = no run is the of the most fear thing for runners😂 we don’t lose any performance, even no running 5day then will start losing small percentage of fitness 👍

[@AnoNym-zi5ty]

I'm tired boss