Get on Instagram or some form of platform and navel gaze about how you have toiled to reach this dream and are now so devastated but searching your soul to persevere and start laying down the excuses for crapping the bed in Atlanta after making getting there the center of your universe.
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!
You probably overreached with the 15 mile marathon pace work or with the "easy" runs following that workout. Legs feel dead because they certainly are dead now due the fact that FT fibers are cooked. It will take some time to recover from this but you need to avoid utilizing FT fibers for some time to let them recover and adapt fully. I suggest doing super easy jogging (so slow that it recruits only ST fibers till 40 min per run no longer) and supplementing magnesium.
Why would anyone want to run 15 miles at M pace out of race at all?
You are EXACTLY where you should be!
I am running the Napa Valley Marathon in 15 days, after a 15-week buildup. The last few long runs and tempo runs have me fatigued. The legs are beat. This is normal at this stage of marathon training.
Bring on the taper! The hay is in the barn. Rest up and do a smart taper. You will be ready to crush it on race day. Relax. Don't worry.
Uhhhhhh.....you taper
ShilohDoesntCare wrote:
I forget if it was actually Steve Jones but his log read something like
Wednesday: Felt like crap
Thursday: Felt like crap
Friday: Felt like crap
Saturday: Felt like crap
Sunday: World record
There's your answer. Just run some easy miles each day up until your key race.
The hay is in the barn.
This is normal. I've been through this exact feeling several times and have heard stories of other fast runners feeling this way. You are nervouse because the trials are so close and are hypersensitive to how your legs are feeling. It's amazing how much of an impact the subconscious mind has.
Remain calm and follow a good taper. Get excited for race day and don't overthink it.
And listen to your coach. Most of the people on this site don't care about you or even know what they're talking about.
Identify yourself as trans=gender and enter the women's race.
If you're already a women, then I agree with the other posters, you're FUBAR.