Redrunner

Thanks guys,Keep them coming your comments are encouraging and supportive.it is so cold I wonder that if I would've gone out yesterday or today. It was so cold out it was in the feels like -eighties in last night.back to the topic of unfortunate interruptions to our goal of running. After having a car accident and completely displacing the left femoral head in the left hip.Have to had two surgeries due to complications. After five years of bing immobilized and complete muscle loss I started to make serious effort at least to get were I was before the accident.In the past six week I have heavy capital invested in running 5K,pain,effort and sweat.when I got this cold it totally devastated me in regards how far it will set me back it brought back the struggles I had with myself biggest one was the urge to stop running due to effort,pain,breathing,distance,speed and the energy,after all the struggle I was able to run for twenty minutes.it was great and I cold see myself doing the 5k eventually.but with this cold that feeling is not there.instead I had fear how big of setback it will be,if I would be able to pick up where I left off. I know how we deal with setbacks is very subjective and personal.But I will do some breathing exercise and planks and drink lots of fluids.I hope to start where I left off. I think I ramble too much but maybe it will be of assistance to someone.

Thank you for the best wishes,pdedwards. I will take your suggestion and start back at the level I was on and see what happens, It is all subjective how our body reacts to these interruptions, It is just as you stated you do not want to lose all the progress you made just this measly flu.Ha!

First time posting,My progress was unfortunately interrupted by a nasty cold. Fever chills aches and so on.. I was progressing very nicely and I was on week 6 day 2 which would have been today.Instead I am in bed.Did anybody go through this?how far back did it put you back?Did you go back in at the same level you were on say after being off for a week.