Always Tired

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13 years ago 07/18/2010 4:11pm EDT

Ive been running for about 10 years now, and i feel as i get older and take it more serious, running is getting harder and harder. I do drink alcohol a good amount (1 drink a night with taking 3-4 one night per week) and feel i eat pretty well. I do work a lot and have ridiculous stress from it. During the week i do most of my running in the morning, but when i try to capitalize on a big run on saturday, i find myself so fatigued. I cant get out of this rut of 3-4 miles. I have entered a few races here and there, and can seem to run 5 and 10ks fine and feeling great. When i try to run my race distances and times, i just feel whooped and almost cannot complete without stopping.

any advice? am i just getting bored?

13 years ago 07/18/2010 4:22pm EDT

re: rob dog

Goodness, there's a thousand variables here.

* How old are you?

* What is your mileage?

* How much sleep are you getting?

* Are you doing workouts or straight miles?

* Are you sure you're eating right? Enough calories? Enough iron?

* Have you been doing the same thing for the past 10 years? Remember, the body responds to stresses (i.e. workouts) & doing the same thing for 10 years is not challenging the body.

I don't think your alcohol consumption sounds too outrageous. I usually have a beer every night.

But, give us some more details.

13 years ago 07/18/2010 5:16pm EDT

re: Runner Zilch

* 27

* 15 mi/week

* 10 pm - 6am, usual 8 hrs

* just doing miles now, but need to start working strength training back in. Used to do equal balance of both, but as time dwindled, just resorted to miles.

* yea i have pretty major dinners, alternate red and white meat throughout the week, usually 1-2 pasta dishes. I mean im not a nutritionist, so i think im ok. basically not eating shit every night for dinner. What foods are iron heavy?

* yea, try to alternate my runs and no run workouts. I spin and cycle throughout the year. I try to play golf and do some other activities outside of just running.

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13 years ago 07/18/2010 5:22pm EDT

re: rob dog

Compression/ice baths

More sleep

Multivitamin and/or iron supplement

some speed workouts

--(5-6 X 200,200,400 w/full recovery)

--(10-12 X 400 @ 5k pace w/full recovery)

13 years ago 07/18/2010 6:14pm EDT

re: Dwight K. Schrute

It may sound odd, but I think 15 miles a week is WAY TOO LOW. I don't think it permits your body to adapt & get better. Now, I'm not talking about aspiring for the olympics, but simply work your way up to 25-35 miles a week & I think you'll see that your runs will have a BASE that allows you to excel & feel good about running.

Really, 25+ miles a week isn't too bad. Here, look at this (assuming an 8 minute mile):

M: 30 minute run @ 75% effort

T: 30 minute run @ 75% effort + 4 X 100 strider

W: 30 minute run @ 75% effort

TH: 30 minute run @ 75% effort + 4 X 100 strider

F: 30 minute run @ 75% effort

S: 45 minute run @ 65-70% effort + 6 X 100 strider

S: OFF

Also, you could run on Sunday (which I show as your "off day") & sleep in on, say, Thursday or whenever you feel like it.

Try it! I hope this helps.

13 years ago 07/18/2010 6:18pm EDT

re: rob dog

Be sure to hydrate better. Like you, I drink a fair amount of alcohol and had a stretch where I was just chronically dehydrated and felt like crap. I also have a very high sweat rate which contributes to being underhydrated. This went on for a year or so until I just started focusing on water intake and felt a ton better. My advice: Hammer the H2O.

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