Xtraining for a week because im burned out and have felt like crap for a month.

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10 years ago 09/10/2013 10:18pm EDT

started training and building a large base first week of June. Right at the start of August the heat and humidity here in the south got REALLY hot and started this over month long downfall. Middle of August I got i.t. band syndrome in my left knee when I first started doing some speedwork. I JOGGED VERY slowly for about two wks. well once I got to where I could run again a faster pace now my right hamstring is messed up. I haven't had a good run in a LONG TIME. just kind of burned out. thinking of xtraining doing elliptical machine for a week to hopefully get back to where I was, anybody experience anything similar and return rejuvenated?

10 years ago 09/10/2013 11:05pm EDT

re: ....l

I had a crappy 5 or 6 months recently. Legs ached when I ran. Knee hurt. Pulled a muscle in my back. Ran a 10k 3 minutes slower than the year before.

Running log shows I ran 40 miles over 6 weeks in march and april. Gradually worked my way into shape over the last 4 months and feeling really good on my runs.

Besides some extra recovery, you should look into a massage to address tight muscles that may be causing misalignment of your hips/pelvis. Both of those injuries are from overuse.

10 years ago 09/11/2013 6:45am EDT

re: ....l

In my part of the south, things started cooling down around mid aug it seems like. a week or 2 of crosstraining doesn't sound like a terrible idea. But I would do something outdoors like kayak, bike, paddleboarding,open water swimming. Something fun that you can still go hard doing. If on the elliptical, you're just going to try to maintain your fitness and go hard (yes I know I just said go hard, but going hard in one of the previous mentioned activities will be better for you, because you are used to it, ie your hard won't be as hard as someone at your fitness level who competes in those sports, the elliptical is too similar to running). Plus lets face it the elliptical is boring, the only way to make it kind of ok is to go balls to the wall hard.

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