Not getting enough sleep
ERrOR #6
SCHOOLGIRL ERRORS
WORDS: TINA CHANTREY
THE LESSON
Without regular rest, and sleep, your body can’t carry on performing at its best.
THE TEACHER
GP Dr Juliet McGrattan, author of Sorted: The Active Woman’s Guide to Health.
Whatever our reasons for running – be it for general health, to lose weight or to train up for a race – we tend to take our training quite seriously. We’ll carefully plan our training days and our post-run meals and, if we’re preparing for a race, we’ll have done so meticulously for months. We’ll even have worked out our travel arrangements to get to the start line and ensured we’ve broken in any new kit. One essential factor we may not have worried about so much, though, or may even have compromised, is getting enough sleep. This may not only dramatically impact our performance – and our recovery – but also our general health.