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[organic09]

Hi there,
i'm a 16 year old female and a very keen runner. i've run the city2surf every year since i was 7 and the past 2 years have run the SMH half marathon and woodford to glenbrook, and looking forward to doing them again this year.
although i've recently been very sick and extremely iron deficient which meant i wasn't able to run properly for over a month. my red blood cell count was extremely low, which meant i got breathless just walking up stairs. this proved to be extremely hard for me because running is such an important part of my life.
i'm now on the road to recovery and looking to start my training program for the SMH half.

i was wondering if anyone had any tips for me to get back to the level of fitness i had before i was sick. i dont want to push myself too much, but i'm worried ive lost all my fitness that ive gained over the years.
i've always been a fit person, but how long before i would lose all my fitness, muscle and runners physique after not being able to run?

thanks, any tips or stories you want to share i would love to here them

[walshy2]

Hi organic 09 and welcome to Coolrunning

I've no science to back it up but have often read that for reasonably short times away from running it takes double the time you have off to get back to the fitness level you were at

so if you were off for 1 month thats 2 months

naturally you would build back gradually and increase total weekly km's by no more than 10% per week is a common rule of thumb

good luck with it