Hi guys,
This summer I have been running 40-43 miles per week. Fast forward to this season going on right now. Since putting in all these miles I feel like I am going nowhere and this guy on my team is beating me and he didn't put in a lot of work over the summer. I feel like this is not fair and I should be much better than him. Is it a problem with nutrition?
Also I feel like I die very quickly when running XC races. For example, I feel lactic acid building up in my legs 400m in.
Did you rest at all after all the summer mileage? I went through the same kind of situation at the beginning of this season. After high mileage summer (70-80mpw) I got back to school and continued right into heavy training and started bombing workouts that should have been easy. My coach had me take 2 weeks really easy (-50% mileage) and since then my legs have been back under me and I'm way ahead of the people who didnt do anything during the summer but had been beating me at the beginning of XC. Sometimes a little rest is all you need.
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"For example, I feel lactic acid building up in my legs 400m in."
Are you going out in 60? Go out slower, or at your tempo/interval practice pace.
Annoyed Runner wrote:
Hi guys,
This summer I have been running 40-43 miles per week. Fast forward to this season going on right now. Since putting in all these miles I feel like I am going nowhere and this guy on my team is beating me and he didn't put in a lot of work over the summer. I feel like this is not fair and I should be much better than him. Is it a problem with nutrition?
It might be a problem with talent. But wait and see what happens as the season progresses. That summer mileage usually pays off.
mileage alone isnt enough to be "good". You need those miles to count. What type of workouts were you doing and at what pace? how fast were these runs? did you take days off? what pace were your recovery runs at? Without knowing the answers to any of these questions its hard to determine why you arent racing as well as you would like to though one of the most common mistakes a young runner makes is going too hard on recovery days and too slow on hard days. I made that mistake in HS and figured it out my senior year.
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