As I continue to run it seems harder to get out of bed every morning. I am not talking about lack of motivation or b/c I had too many the night before. But my legs can't hardly move. I hobble around like an old man. As the morning wears on I feel better, then I can go out and run well in the evening.
Its seems to be getting worse even when I cut back mileage, any one else have this happen? are there any suggestion? thanks.
get blood work done.
and take a remedial grammar course. "can't hardly" is a double negative nono.
I hobble every morning from tight achilles and calves. It takes a few minutes to loosen up; its normal as far as I know.
Believe it or not, I feel better on twice a day than once a day (I'm 47). I'm not sure why, here are some of my theories...
-- Only 12 hours to tighten up after a run instead of 24
-- Two showers a day to loosen up, instead of one
-- Two shorter runs is easier on the body than one long one
Whatever it is, I feel much better when I pop out of bed if I'm doing doubles a lot.
It also helps not to go running for a while after you get up in the morning. Walk around the house a bit, surf the net, anything to wake up. I drive in to work (car heater blowing on my legs) and run at work, since we have a shower here. That gives me a good hour after waking up before I start running.
Magnesium and Malic Acid.
Mag - double the RDA
Malic Acid - 2 x 800mg daily
Try it for a week and see how you feel.
Malic acid can be purchased at the vitamin store for $6-8 same goes for magnesium.
perhaps you played ultimate frisbee for two hours two nights ago and took some hard dives. i had the same problem this morning, and discovered that had happened to me.
What are the benefits of Magnesium and Malic Acid?Is this best solution?
doctor morning stiffness wrote:
Magnesium and Malic Acid.
Mag - double the RDA
Malic Acid - 2 x 800mg daily
Try it for a week and see how you feel.
Malic acid can be purchased at the vitamin store for $6-8 same goes for magnesium.
What's your stretching conditioning story? Unfortunately, the ratio of time devoted to these vs. time devoted running usually gets larger with age. I'm 51 now, and I find when I feel like this in the morning, I need to cut my intensity and increase my stretching/conditioning time.
They don't strech plow horses, so I don't strech either. I used that rope crap and it made me sorer. Streching decreases your running economy.
I do strides and speed drills at least 2x a week to improve/maintain my speed / flexability / biomechanics.
Gimpy Old Man wrote:
They don't strech plow horses, so I don't strech either.
good logic, working for you so far.
I am 45 and have to run in the mornings due to work. Believe me, I feel the same as you do and I probably look like a gimpy old jogger in the mornings. It normally takes me about 1-1.5 miles to get my legs going and to get all the stiffness & pain out of my legs. After that I feel much better and am able to pick it up from there. I usually start out at about 8:30pace and am able to finish around 6:30.
Gimpy Old Man wrote:
They don't strech plow horses, so I don't strech either.
I'm sore every morning too.
OldSchooler wrote:
I am 45 and have to run in the mornings due to work. Believe me, I feel the same as you do and I probably look like a gimpy old jogger in the mornings. It normally takes me about 1-1.5 miles to get my legs going and to get all the stiffness & pain out of my legs. After that I feel much better and am able to pick it up from there. I usually start out at about 8:30pace and am able to finish around 6:30.
Sounds a lot like me and I am 28. Should I be concerned?
fella in the brite nightgown wrote:
perhaps you played ultimate frisbee for two hours two nights ago and took some hard dives. i had the same problem this morning, and discovered that had happened to me.
Death has spoken. Listen to him.
Ditto here. I think that comes with age. Sometime in your late 20s perhaps. When I was 18 I could wake up and be out the door at 6:00 pace. Now it takes a 8-9 minute mile or so to loosen the legs up. Of course I don't stretch either. Maybe I wouldn't be so sore if I stretched at night some.
Alan
Me too
me too...any support to the maltic acid thing?
Letsrunner wrote:
OldSchooler wrote:I am 45 and have to run in the mornings due to work. Believe me, I feel the same as you do and I probably look like a gimpy old jogger in the mornings. It normally takes me about 1-1.5 miles to get my legs going and to get all the stiffness & pain out of my legs. After that I feel much better and am able to pick it up from there. I usually start out at about 8:30pace and am able to finish around 6:30.
Sounds a lot like me and I am 28. Should I be concerned?
I'm 21, on the dot, and I've always been sore/tired on early morning runs, since I started them five years ago. I think it has more to do with training than age.
Sounds like tendonitis. The problem is if you don't remain active scar tissue develops and it feels worse.