extreme fatigue in training, can’t figure out the cause

Training Advice/Discussion

6 years ago 01/21/2018 1:04pm EST

I’m a middle distance runner and I’ve been running around 50 miles per week this indoor season so far. I averaged around 65 in cross country before taking an easy month from end of Nov. to beginning of Dec. I ran pretty decent in the mile last season off of similar training and was able to run around 7:30-7:15 pace for my easy runs.

This year however I’m constantly dealing with fatigue and soreness in my legs. Workouts take so much out of me that I have to constantly am forced to go 8:00 pace for my distance runs cause I am so tired. Legs just burn. My times this season have been about 10 seconds slower this year. I get around 8-1/2 to 10 hours of sleep a night and eat good food. I got my blood and iron levels checked cause I thought I could be anemic but they came back fine. Thyroid also came back clear. Don’t know why I feel so gassed. 50 miles per week is not a lot to be this tired. Anyone have any suggestions?

6 years ago 01/21/2018 1:10pm EST

re: TiredAndDiscouraged

take 7-10 days break

6 years ago 01/21/2018 1:13pm EST

re: dasdasdsa

dasdasdsa wrote:
take 7-10 days break

I took two weeks off over Thanksgiving time, way too soon for more time off

6 years ago 01/21/2018 1:13pm EST

re: TiredAndDiscouraged

overreaching/overtraining

seasonal depression

low T

6 years ago 01/21/2018 1:15pm EST

re: TiredAndDiscouraged

Rebuild your base. Start from scratch. Easy runs, tempos, fartleks, long runs and strides. You can't expect to feel 100% year round training to peak 3 times a year. Also, slow down on your easy runs.

6 years ago 01/21/2018 2:15pm EST

re: TiredAndDiscouraged

TiredAndDiscouraged wrote:
I’m a middle distance runner and I’ve been running around 50 miles per week this indoor season so far. I averaged around 65 in cross country before taking an easy month from end of Nov. to beginning of Dec. I ran pretty decent in the mile last season off of similar training and was able to run around 7:30-7:15 pace for my easy runs.
This year however I’m constantly dealing with fatigue and soreness in my legs. Workouts take so much out of me that I have to constantly am forced to go 8:00 pace for my distance runs cause I am so tired. Legs just burn. My times this season have been about 10 seconds slower this year. I get around 8-1/2 to 10 hours of sleep a night and eat good food. I got my blood and iron levels checked cause I thought I could be anemic but they came back fine. Thyroid also came back clear. Don’t know why I feel so gassed. 50 miles per week is not a lot to be this tired. Anyone have any suggestions?

Virus? I've talked to a few people with similar issues that turned out to stem from some sort of viral infection like mono.

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