In the past I have run 50mpw consistently. In the summer I was doing 60mpw consistently and touching on 70 from time to time. I am now maintaining 70mpw for the first time in my life and it is taking a bit of a toll. 8 hours of sleep is not enough, otherwise I fall asleep at work and college. If I don't get at least 10-11 hours of sleep these days with a ton of food I feel completely worn out. Anyone have similar effects from kicking up mileage/intensity?
no.
Sleeping 10-11 house every day sounds like such a waste of life
Never really felt that way, I got like 6-7 hours/night the first season I held 70-75 mpw, but I probably wasn't sleeping as much as I should have, and started ramping up the coffee intake quite a bit that semester as well. My main suggestion is to eat as often as is reasonably possible, or at least make sure you're not losing weight as that can mess with energy levels quite a bit. I also tend to feel less worn out at that mileage when I double, so you might try that if possible/you're not already.
Other possibility is you have some sort of nutritional or hormonal deficiency, which is easy enought o have checked out if you have serious, consistent fatigue even with 8hrs/night.
Please go see a doctor. Sounds like something is wrong. Could be blood issues, or even sleep apnea preventing you from getting real sleep even though you think you are.
All joking aside, please go see a doc.
This sounds normal to me. Some people just need more sleep. I’ve always been someone who could sleep 9-10 hours a night if I didn’t have an alarm and I only run 35mpw. I usually get about 8 on weeknights and make up the difference sleeping 12 on weekends.
He may not need to eat more per say, but more percentage of your daily calories from fat. Like for example, adding some peanut butter to my morning bowl of oatmeal makes a huge difference to my energy mode/appetite.
Have blood work done. Most likely culprit is you are borderline anemic and need to take some time off and take an iron supplement. Easy fix.
Blood work may also give you some indication of other issues if the above is not the case.
Iiiiii wrote:
Sleeping 10-11 house every day sounds like such a waste of life
Yes, that sounds like a lot of Netflix / social media browsing time down the drain. What an absolute waste.
Yes you need at least 9
countshleep wrote:
In the past I have run 50mpw consistently. In the summer I was doing 60mpw consistently and touching on 70 from time to time. I am now maintaining 70mpw for the first time in my life and it is taking a bit of a toll. 8 hours of sleep is not enough, otherwise I fall asleep at work and college. If I don't get at least 10-11 hours of sleep these days with a ton of food I feel completely worn out. Anyone have similar effects from kicking up mileage/intensity?
How much each person needs varies. In addition to the quantity of sleep you need to consider the quality of that sleep as well.
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