Taper and you should be feeling good by race day.
Taper and you should be feeling good by race day.
Dreams to Reality wrote:
Hey LRC. I need some encouragement.
I'm getting ready for the Trials coming up, and my training block has gone extremely well to this point. I've had the highest sustained mileage in my life for 12 weeks and have hit every workout with perfect splits, including one where I ran 15 miles at marathon pace last weekend. Things were going great until Monday, when my legs suddenly felt super heavy. I figured I was just still really tired from my workout, but it hasn't gotten better and really gotten a little worse with just easy mileage since then. This morning I slept in instead of running because my legs felt so terrible.
What do I do? I have two weeks to get this better. I know I'm in great shape, but hoping I didn't leave my race in training!
0/10. Terrible attempt.
Maybe cut your legs off.
Hey Dreams to Reality,
After seeing your post, I came across these bits . . . Bill Rogers running diary entries from the 1970s.
http://bobhodge.us/bill-rodgers-1977-training-log/
Everyone has bad patches, in races and in training. He certainly had his.
Good luck in the Trials. Stay positive and do the self-care things a lot of people recommend here.
bubbadeeboos wrote:
What I did: a two week taper with several days of fartleks and strides. The days with the strides included reps on flat, slight downhill (I’ve read that, like eccentric heel drops, the “eccentric” nature of small doses of downhill can stimulate recovery) and steep uphill.
“Running downhill can cure quad pain once a runner’s legs adapt to the eccentric overload caused by the activity,” says Tom Schwartz, coach and coauthor of Build Your Running Body. “Initially, the soreness caused by downhill running can be quite harsh. A parallel is the soreness caused by starting a new weight training regimen. Soreness is caused by the lowering of weights, which is the eccentric loading. Lifting weights, which is concentric loading, doesn’t cause soreness.”
https://www.runnersworld.com/health-injuries/a20864073/how-to-cure-quad-pain-calf-pain-and-heavy-legs/Get some VooDoo Floss, I use if before every race and it really helps. Also I eat caffinated honey stinger chews before all my races (all 5k and under). Make sure they're caffinated though, some aren't. Maybe try beet juice? Good luck!
Also elevate your legs and get enough sleep
hi ldhdjkslsbbdn wrote:
take an off day.
Try to have some respect. This could be Nick Symmonds you're talking to.
And omega 3 vitamins
Thanks everybody for the encouragement. I went to bed early last night and slept in, so I got almost 11 hours of sleep and feel much better, though not at 100%. I'm going to try and do the same thing tonight and we will see how I feel in the morning! I was just planning on a moderate paced 12-15 miles tomorrow, but I will go by feel and pull the plug if it feels too hard. I'll let you all know how it goes.
I'm guessing it's probably too late for the first (in humans) double leg transplant.
We're 15 days out, hopefully they're tired because you're still doing pretty high mileage. Start the mileage decreases now and be sure to go easy for a couple days. Trust that you'll start feeling strong again.
15 miles / 25k at pace is too much just three weeks out.
I would spend the next two weeks running 1/3 - 1/2 your normal volume, with just short elements at race pace.
You'll be fine.
Dreams to Reality wrote:
I was just planning on a moderate paced 12-15 miles tomorrow
Given the nature of your first post, that is idiotic.
truth hertz wrote:
Dreams to Reality wrote:
I was just planning on a moderate paced 12-15 miles tomorrow
Given the nature of your first post, that is idiotic.
You didn't read what I said right after that. I'll start and see how I feel, and stop if I need to . And I intend to err on the side of stopping early.
If you are starting to taper, a lot of this can be mental. My body always starts feeling sluggish when my mind knows the big training is over and the next two weeks are going to just be trying to maintain fitness and not go bonkers waiting for the race to start.
Get your Ferritin checked. Start eating Iron rich foods. Back off a day to 3 days. Like 30 min runs.
Was a 2:22 marathoner in the early 80s, missed qualifying twice. Your tapper should be 2 weeks out if you have been running 90+ miles a week..
Monty
easy days easy, how's sleep/diet? ice/stretch/foam roll/norma tech etc.
maybe do a quick metablic panel + iron, vitamin d, b12, etc.
Anxiety. I'm sure you're feeling a lot of nervousness ahead of the big day, probably beginning to overanalyze everything. Just take it light, relax, and trust the training!
Nice troll. Focus on breaking 20 for 5k this weekend. You can do it!!
