Do your feet and legs hurt when you first get out of bed?

47, 30 of it running. yeah. thats how it is, but you probably look and feel younger than the other 37 year olds out there once you get warmed up, right?

you need to take more rest days. this isn't a "I'm getting old" thing. slow down, being a successful runner takes time.

It is totally normal. I have felt that way for the past 20 years...but as you said it eventually goes away.

...wait until you're 50. I hurt for more than a few minutes every morning.....

runamook wrote:

47, 30 of it running. yeah. thats how it is, but you probably look and feel younger than the other 37 year olds out there once you get warmed up, right?

Yes I do.

It only takes a minute or so before I am walking normally. Ten minutes later, I am out running pain free. So I go from barely moving to all out running in about 15 minutes.

Hey I'm only 31 and feel the exact same way. I don't run crazy miles, 70-80 mpw w/2-3 quality sessions per week. As soon as I get out bed in the morning, I am so stiff and sore in my feet and legs that its kind of a struggle to walk. I even have to hold on the stair railing when I walk down the stairs. Within a couple of minutes, I feel completely normal.

I've always heard this but never really experienced it except when I'm injured. I guess I've been very, very lucky in this regard. Right now I have a knee tendon injury so I definitely feel pain. But usually, even when I'm over 100 mpw, I don't hurt at all in the morning. Just a little stiffness that shakes out in the first mile.

Do you guys stretch much?

stiff..? you bet especially after a workout session at the track..

I'm 46 and I've found that if I don't stretch before I go to bed, especially if I've run hard that day, then I am very stiff getting out of bed. I spend part of the last hour before I go to bed sitting on the floor and stretching while watching the news.

I'm 38 and have shuffled along like an old man since my early 20s ... maybe earlier, just can't remember that far back. ;-)

As long as I don't have a real injury, it usually wears off by the time I get to work at 9:00. Come to think of it, I've always been one of those who likes to run at 10-11 in the morning and/or some time later in the afternoon/evening.

Just turned 37 this week and I'm in the same boat. Getting out of bed and then having to walk downstairs to start the coffee is a bitch. Like you, after a few minutes everything's cool. However, I did notice last summer during an extended period of little to no running and lots to even more drinking and all-around good times that my body felt fine in the morning but my head hurt like hell. Personally, I'll take the stiff legs and joints in the morning over the hangover any day.

You have plently of company in this department. Sounds like there are a lot of us out there who struggle constantly with the aches and pains. I always found it ironic that I could run 90 miles in a week and my legs would be fine, but spend 20 minutes walking in a mall with a female shopper and my legs were screaming. Kinda felt like that new Bud Light Stunt Man commercial......

Ha,ha.....41 and man how I hate the first few steps out of bed in the morning.

I will be turning 37 next month and I feel this way every morning. For me, it's mostly my feet that hurt, but the pain goes away after a few minutes of walking around the house. I have been running 80-90 miles a week for most of the year. I don't think it's "an age thing" because I am actually running better now than when I was in my twenties. And like someone said before, I also look younger than most 37 year olds that I know. Most people that don't know me think I'm still in my twenties.

Yeah, my girlfriend and I are both into the beginning stages of London Marathon training. I generally feel sore all year even when ticking over at abou' 50mpw, but now it'll be up to 90/100 mpw in the build-up phase and man I am sore, like all day. I find the only week of the year I actually feel like a normal human being is the week leading up to London where I am in a sharp taper... with 2 days to go there is no stiffness at all, even in the morning which is fantastic. Feel like running up a vertical wall though. Sheesh, the things we do for our sport... 51 weeks of soreness a year.

This is a bump of a very old thread but I am curious to hear more about this.

Are you non-injured, non-overtrained but feet and legs hurts most of the mornings?

Yes. Everyday it takes me a few minutes to warm up out of bed. Made worse by my plantar fasciitis I have been dealing with. But I haven't missed any training. I have averaged 90 miles a week this year with 2 workouts a week going for 3 this week. Oh yea I'm going be 27 soon.

Ran 70 mpw in singles for marathon training at age 26. Every single night that I would wake up to relieve myself, or even just get up in the morning, I would hobble like an old man who needed a cane due to soreness/tightness all in my legs and feet.

This probably isn't applicable to this tread but 2 years later I'm running only twice a week and lifting 4 times a week and i feel phenomenal getting out of bed in the morning:)

I am 42 and I cant remember the last time I wasn't in pain somewhere. 2 years of chronic groin pain that I am able to train through and improve, but I have not been able to play a sport or any other activity (even bowling hurts like hell). The worst part is this pain gets worse when I return from extended rest, which I have had to do for various other injuries such as hamstring injuries. I probably would need to take 6 months off for this groin pain to go away, but I am not willing.

Back to your topic, my groin pain is always way worse in the morning or after prolonged sitting and is remarkably responsive to NSAIDs. Just 400 mg Motrin nearly clears the pain for 12 hours. I don't wake in pain if I take the night before- but I use sparingly (once a week) as we all know that NSAIDs lose their effectiveness if taken too often.