Dead legs even though I'm running less than I was before?

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13 years ago 12/14/2010 12:16pm EST

This past month I haven't been running as much as I used to and I haven't been going as fast. The past 1-2 weeks my legs have been dead... seems like I can maintain a certain pace but after that they just suck. I took a day off then today attempted the hill repeat workout my coach gave me. My legs felt dead during my 3-4 mile warm up and I did 2 hill repeats but just felt bad and decided to stop. Weird thing was on my mile "cooldown" jog I actually felt good. But I don't know why my legs feel bad all of a sudden and I'm going so slow... I need to be in shape within the next few weeks and I'm getting worried. I'm planning to jog another few miles this afternoon.

Should I just run easy until my legs feel better, easy + strides? My coach gave me a workout plan with workouts but should I wait to attempt them?

13 years ago 12/14/2010 12:23pm EST

re: argh......

13 years ago 12/14/2010 12:39pm EST

re: maybe this?

I think I will just run twice a day every day with strides on one of those runs until I feel normal, and then attempt a workout. That is, I don't feel dead the first 20-30 minutes of the run. That way I can get up my mileage too.

13 years ago 12/14/2010 2:32pm EST

re: argh......

Time to man up. Stress. Recovery. Recovery. Stress. Recovery. Recovery. Make your workouts count, but make your recovery count. As long as you aren't overdoing it, you only need to be fresh enough to accomplish the workout, benefit from the recovery, and feel good for the race.

13 years ago 12/14/2010 3:12pm EST

re: Shoebacca

I don't know what's wrong with me but my runs are a lot slower and my legs just don't feel good (plus I'm breathing hard at what should be an easy pace). My legs did felt better when I jogged back after giving up on my hills. I think I will run easy now (2nd run), do 2 runs tomorrow and attempt a workout Thursday.

13 years ago 12/14/2010 6:49pm EST

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13 years ago 12/14/2010 7:02pm EST

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13 years ago 12/14/2010 7:12pm EST

re: argh......

great thread a ways back on how a long run can rejuvenate you. I do that every time I feel flat - a nice 2 hour run, something like 2-2.5 minutes/mile slower than 5k pace.

No idea why it works, but it does work for me, every time.

13 years ago 12/14/2010 10:10pm EST

re: agip

I did go for a 80-90 min run 2 days ago where I felt okay, not great. I'm taking iron supplements so I don't think that's a problem. Should I go do a long run tomorrow or the day after? I have workouts I am supposed to do but I suppose I should put them on hold for a bit...

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