I can somehow endure the mental part but few days after a long run I always get sick.
Is this normal for natutal athletes?
Im only at 33mpw, started at 15mpw in late january and been ramping up.
Its like my body is telling me to not do it.
At 33 mpw, you need a short run, not a long run. I'd be at 6 runs of 6 miles and a run of 3 miles. I'd try to get the mileage of the rest of the runs up and not worry about the long run until you are running 45-50 mpw for a couple months.
i don't know if cold weather is the ideal time to be starting an outdoor fitness regime. cool dry air will tear your lungs up. mild weather is more friendly to starting out. i kind of doubt it's the amount you're doing so much as the time of the year when you started.
that being said, i think mileage in and of itself is overrated. to me you really want to start small and work your way up. no jock who ends up running competitive 2 mile starts out running 2 miles. or 20-30 miles a week. most kids begin, ok, run the 50 yard dash. run some windsprints. run a half mile to that tree over there and back. you build up. you don't start out running 5 miles 3 days a week or vice versa. i didn't do anything like that until like mid-HS.
that and we mix workouts up. it's not just drudge through mileage every day. long, slow distance. it's some sprint workouts. and some interval chunks. and then sometimes the longer runs.
i also believe that, yes, at a point in some folks it ticks over into making you sicker. but that's not usually 15 mi. it's usually when you are demanding a lot of yourself. exhausted and keep running. not eating well and keep running. etc.
my suggestion is start in the mild part of spring. forget the mileage log. forget running serious distance. start over. just do some windsprints, say, 10-15 lengths of the football field. or 4-6 times around half (200m) the track, and work on basic fitness. then mix in occasionally running a mile or two. as you master a shorter distance, you can push out longer. but to me a lot of noobs skip "getting in shape" and just start trying to force themselves to slowly run longer and longer.
I can somehow endure the mental part but few days after a long run I always get sick.
Is this normal for natutal athletes?
Im only at 33mpw, started at 15mpw in late january and been ramping up.
Its like my body is telling me to not do it.
At 33 mpw, you need a short run, not a long run. I'd be at 6 runs of 6 miles and a run of 3 miles. I'd try to get the mileage of the rest of the runs up and not worry about the long run until you are running 45-50 mpw for a couple months.
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