Quick recovery form a cold/flu

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Permalink Reply by JBF Coach Sarah on October 23, 2009 at 7:55am

Lots of rest, extra vitamin C and D, light meals but if you're already in keeping with EODD your meals won't be heavy anyway. Add some freshly made juices (vegetable and/or fruit) for added easy nutrition as well; soup is an easily digested food - just make sure it's made from scratch, no cans or dry stuff!

Progress slowly with the return to training, listen to your body. If you need to walk a little, then walk, there's no shame in that. If you push too hard, you run the risk of falling ill again and have an even longer set-back.

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Permalink Reply by JBF Mentor Meredith on October 23, 2009 at 1:06pm

I swear by a packet of Emergen-C after every run, even when I am not sick at all. It helps by body recouperate from depleting my antioxidants.

After completing RFLB, I still kept using the L-cartinine and L-glutamine as my muscles seemed to recover a lot faster when using these supplements. Proof about the supps and protein loading was running my fastest 1/2 Marathon ever in June, wiping out my prior PR by 7 minutes!

I am an AVID runner now - after hating it all my life, I got into it when I started teaching my kids to ride 2 wheelers. We would go to the bike path they would ride and I would run alongside them as they were going too slow for me to ride and needed help getting started, etc.. Long story short is that I got better and better at running and found I love the outdoor time (even when it is raining here in Seattle) EODD and RFLB have helped me get in the best shape of my life and I am definitely seeing gains in my running performance.

Let me know if you have any questions, I am not a trainer or coach but I have done a lot of reading / experimenting with running programs and nutrition.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Naff on October 23, 2009 at 1:42pm

Thanks, I guess basically I've just got to wait it out and ease back up to speed. I've been resting (as well as I can with little one being sick too) and keeping my nutrition in line so...

Again thanks.

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