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Daily suggestions have me running too frequently

I am relatively new to running (started up again after having a break of several years), and I am quite happily following the daily suggestions. The long, slow-paced Base runs are a treat compared to the all-out runs I started with before upgrading to the 955.

I do however find that it have me running a bit too often now while starting, and I am a bit afraid of injuries as I currently both have some slight discomfort in my knees and popping achilles tendons. Currently the watch had me running a longer base run today, and it wants a base run tomorrow, Saturday, Sunday, anaerobic on Monday and finally rest on Tuesday.

This seems a bit excessive to me, and Im almost certain that the discomforts I am feeling now will become full-fledged injuries before the next rest day on Tuesday. Should I use the pause function, or just ignore the daily suggestions pace while my body again gets used to running? Or is there some other setting I could use to get the watch to keep the running frequency a bit saner?

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0 9170306 over 2 years ago

I'm seeing the same problem, I use training peaks and the fatigue is very high with risk of injury and the 955 increases the load more and more. I'm seriously considering selling my watch because those metrics are all ***.

0 5994630 over 2 years ago

Just ignore the suggestion (it is only a suggestion after all) on the days you need to rest.

0 espenfjo over 2 years ago in reply to 9170306

The metrics themselves seems fine to me. My body just need some time to get used to running again.

0 RG over 2 years ago

Every now and then, I hear my body say take a break. On those days, I just skip the workout suggestion; the watch does seem to keep track.

The longest base run suggestion i've had so far after a short break is 1 hour 23 mins, but I imagine there is a limit.

0 7dfcd1938c0146f1804397d33ddc9c14 over 2 years ago

I would really like to tell the watch on which days of the week I would like to run. It also tells me to run every day, albeit very short runs. But I guess this goes against the name 'daily' suggested workouts?

0 Alexander over 2 years ago

The watch solely follows HR, it does not know about ligament and tendons:))

0 espenfjo over 2 years ago in reply to Alexander

I should be able to tell it that I'm new to running (which it already knows), a bit overweight (which it already knows), that I'm not young and indestructible anymore (which it already knows) and to not have me running five-six days a week the first months.

0 7dfcd1938c0146f1804397d33ddc9c14 over 2 years ago in reply to Alexander

Wrll, it does kind of indirectly, by looking at your training history. It will try to keep the intensity you had in the past and thus will, in theory, consider your strain