My second run of the day is always awful. 30 minutes of suffering. My legs don't seem to work very well. Interestingly, my heart rate is low, but I feel like I couldn't run any faster than 8:15 pace (I'm in around 15:30 shape I think). Is this bad or common? I double twice per week. My morning runs have been mostly pretty good, including workouts.
Have you recently increased your mileage, intensity, and/or recently added doubles? If so, it sounds like you may need to crank down the intensity a bit to let your body adjust.
For example, you could run the PM session as a jog at 9:00 pace vs an 8:15 effort ... you mentioned that your HR is low, but is sounds like your legs are trashed.
Another approach to easing up could be reducing the number of workouts per week.
Or, maybe just take a down week and see how you feel when you get back to it ... you could also take a down week and then take 3-4 weeks to build back up.
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