Whenever I go at a very easy pace (like 9:00 /mile), my legs and calves begin to burn, much more intensely than when I'm doing intervals or tempos?
Why is this? Shouldn't easy be runs be easier on the legs as well (along with your heart and lungs)?
Whenever I go at a very easy pace (like 9:00 /mile), my legs and calves begin to burn, much more intensely than when I'm doing intervals or tempos?
Why is this? Shouldn't easy be runs be easier on the legs as well (along with your heart and lungs)?
You're using the muscles differently.
Because you did a hard run the day before
Yah probably you struggle with endurance after hard days.
It's simply because a 9:00 mile requires 150% more running than a 6:00 mile.
You train to run at certain paces and your form changes as well, so when you run particularly slowly, your muscles are not used to it, but I'm betting that normal easy run pace doesn't give you that feeling.
Top Noticer wrote:
It's simply because a 9:00 mile requires 150% more running than a 6:00 mile.
you actually mean 50% more, right?
There's thing called optimum pace. It means stop being lazy, you'll be glad. Obviously, the more time (y) it takes you to run= more time working. However, the faster you run (x) the harder it is to keep yourself going that (x) pace. So, if I wanted to I could make you a nice graph with y and x, or word it out. At a certain point (m), it is actually harder to run slower than it is to run faster. Long story short, speed up whenever you feel yourself just fat-man shuffling along and you should feel your run become much easier.
Never has happened...
Do you usually run in a fire walk type scenario? That could explain it.
Don't tell me how my legs feel during easy runs. Maybe your legs burn, but mine don't.
kod3200 wrote:
There's thing called optimum pace. It means stop being lazy, you'll be glad. Obviously, the more time (y) it takes you to run= more time working. However, the faster you run (x) the harder it is to keep yourself going that (x) pace. So, if I wanted to I could make you a nice graph with y and x, or word it out. At a certain point (m), it is actually harder to run slower than it is to run faster. Long story short, speed up whenever you feel yourself just fat-man shuffling along and you should feel your run become much easier.
First marathon I went by the books. The bad books. So everything was Long Slow Distance. Long Slow Distance made me a slow runner. The same book had you doing 26 miles before the marathon because you needed to cover the distance according to the author for confidence. Well 26 miles at average 9:30 pace takes you over 4 hours. An 18 miler took nearly 3 hours. I did it, but it was horrible. It wiped me out for the whole weekend every long run. You are just out there for too long.
Next marathon, I decided not to do it unless my long runs were 7:30 pace or faster with no long run over 3 hours. What a difference. Get it done and over with. It's easier.
long slow running wrote:
First marathon I went by the books. The bad books. So everything was Long Slow Distance. Long Slow Distance made me a slow runner. The same book had you doing 26 miles before the marathon because you needed to cover the distance according to the author for confidence. Well 26 miles at average 9:30 pace takes you over 4 hours. An 18 miler took nearly 3 hours. I did it, but it was horrible. It wiped me out for the whole weekend every long run. You are just out there for too long.
Next marathon, I decided not to do it unless my long runs were 7:30 pace or faster with no long run over 3 hours. What a difference. Get it done and over with. It's easier.
Please, tell me which specific "books" gave you that advice.