Quote Originally Posted by IainR View Post
That's always a tough one.. separating general good miling acheyness and injury.. knowing when you are tired from life on top of running of genuinely need to step back.. a HRM may help, but I've never taken it that seriously..
I've been through a bit of an over-training/virus/f*ck knows what it is episode and I started using a HRM. I used to use one a lot when I was cycling and I'd forgotten how useful they are especially if you're not feeling right.

I took my resting every morning and at the peak of my problem it was 10 beats higher than normal, the thing is I ignored it and kept training and racing because I thought rest was for soft lads! Needless to say things got worse and now I'm having two weeks off completely and a month off racing!

Last years I was running doubles no problem and racing twice a week, but a combination of stress in life and long Lakeland races proved too much for me. When I come back I'm going to combine my running with quite a bit of cycling and see how it goes.