what do i do with my legs now HELP NEEDED

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  • SeniORHS

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    6 years ago 10/22/2017 7:29pm EDT

    Lately my legs have been feeling extra fresh, but I've been running really slow. I'm coming up on my sectional meet this upcoming saturday, and I really need to run good at it so I can qualify for the State Meet. I haven't dropped my mileage significantly, I've been hitting 60ish all season, and ran 55 this last week. I'm a 15:05 3 miler, and yesterday at the regional I ran 15:41 but felt like I gave the same effort. My legs felt pretty good on the warmup, but when I was in the race they felt pretty bad. Is this normal? Please help.

  • Lorith Highstalker

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    6 years ago 10/22/2017 9:22pm EDT
    re: SeniORHS

    SeniORHS wrote:

    Lately my legs have been feeling extra fresh, but I've been running really slow. I'm coming up on my sectional meet this upcoming saturday, and I really need to run good at it so I can qualify for the State Meet. I haven't dropped my mileage significantly, I've been hitting 60ish all season, and ran 55 this last week. I'm a 15:05 3 miler, and yesterday at the regional I ran 15:41 but felt like I gave the same effort. My legs felt pretty good on the warmup, but when I was in the race they felt pretty bad. Is this normal? Please help.

    It sounds like you need to rest more to get ready. Either cut your mileage, or slow most of it way down, except for a few short, hard workouts.

  • sc42

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    6 years ago 10/22/2017 10:17pm EDT
    re: SeniORHS

    My suggestion: you don’t need to cut way down from 60 MPW. If you did 55 last week cut down maybe 10 more to about 45. Stay in routine but maybe skip a morning run or two. Run the workouts at the target paces with a calm mind. You’ll be fine, 15:03 is good stuff.

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