So yesterday I ran 8 miles, and felt like I was flying, and felt great. I ran at 6:55 pace about. Today I did a little over 7, and felt like total garbage, like I was plodding along (I guessed 7:30 pace abouts), and turns out I did it in a little under 6:30's. It just felt so slow, and I felt so bad doing it. Does anyone else have this experience? And why does this happen all the time for me?
It felt harder because you were running faster. NEXT.
Dumbass. I mean I felt so much slower, like my legs felt so bad even lifting when I started. Yes it felt harder. But I can tell the difference between running fast, and feeling like shit because of something else entirely.
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Dumbass. I mean I felt so much slower, like my legs felt so bad even lifting when I started. Yes it felt harder. But I can tell the difference between running fast, and feeling like shit because of something else entirely.
apparently not...
i won't be as disrespectful but i think the other guy has a point. there are days where i feel like shit and don't want to be running as slow as i feel like i am running so i push myself to run harder so it still feels bad and by the end i have a run that feels like crap but was pretty freaking fast... sometimes they end up being good confidence boosts in the end.
I definitely know what you mean, it happens to me sometimes. If I'm feeling bad, i try to keep a watch on my runs so I know I'm going easy. Most of the time, I try to gauge it off of my breathing more than overall effort- I think heartrate is a better indicator, but breathing is easier to keep track of.
They say RECOVERY it is the answer. You ran some good fast miles yesterday. You used muscles. You broke down cells and used up cell-fuel. The the next day you go out and wanna go faster. Much faster. You are running on a somewhat used up body. Your cell-energy was probably most of the way back up to par but it might take a while for new cells to replace those you have used up. So it is SUPPOSED TO BE HARDER the second day. Bowerman (Oregon of the '60s) used to insist his runners have a hard day then an easy day. I like two or three hard days before the easy day. Every runner has to find out for themselves.
For you the second day felt bad but WOW! did you ever fly! I would think two hard days and then one easy day might be your style.