ok, anyone else have this trend?
day 1: long run, easy, 2+ hours, feel great
day 2: medium(ish) run, easy, feel awesome, maybe better than during the long run
day 3. BOOM. IMPLOSION. SHEEEITT! FAUKK! LEGS DEAD!
Sorry I didn't harness more of my inner scientist when describing this.
You're likely undertrained.
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ok, anyone else have this trend?
day 1: long run, easy, 2+ hours, feel great
day 2: medium(ish) run, easy, feel awesome, maybe better than during the long run
day 3. BOOM. IMPLOSION. SHEEEITT! FAUKK! LEGS DEAD!
Sorry I didn't harness more of my inner scientist when describing this.
Without any idea of your weekly mileage or pacing it's hard to diagnose your problem for sure.
But I suspect the day after your long run you are running too fast. Take it at your recovery pace, and shorten the length a bit.
Also remember.. Unless you're training for a full marathon, never do all or part of your long run at marathon pace. The optimal benefits from long runs are attained running at an easy pace. Only take them faster if you are trying to condition yourself to handle marathon pace. The focus should be on a LONG run not a FAST run. Also, more than 2 hours is excessive unless training for a full marathon.
pacing was easy, and i base all my runs on perceived effort. i am training for a marathon, so its necessary for me to get those long efforts in. i dont calculate my running off of mpw, but rather minutes. at present, im between 450 and 510 minutes per week. if i had to calculate it, itd be 8:30 per mile. im doing it all in big singles, no doubling.
I'm a "low data" guy like yourself, but sometimes when you're running into issues like this it's helpful to keep a more detailed log including time, distance, pace, HR, etc. and track the changes.
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