Physically exhausted 2 days after tempo run?

Synthesis wrote:

So this is what I did on Tuesday

10 min warmup

25 min tempo run

10 min cooldown

5 minutes rest, then 6x200 strides, full effort between each 200 and a 1:30 rest between each one.

Wednesday: Couldn't run due to studies (APs, SAT, and SAT 2s)

Thursday: Felt fine and dandy on my warmup, but 25 min into my hour-long long run, I noticed I was breathing heavily and my legs were feeling weak..... I was running at a 8:30-8:45 min / mile when my normal easy run pace is (8:00 - 7:30 / mile)

I firmly believe my drastic drop in pace was due to my tempo run 2 days ago, but Im not 100% sure.

Is my thinking right or is there some other physical anomaly I haven't acknowledged?

I'm thinking mental anomaly -- how fast was the "tempo" run, and what can you run for, say, 3200m right now?

Also, full effort 200s are not strides.

fatigue from a past workout doesn't show up 25 min into a run imho, maybe drink more water? It's getting warmer out.

Do people really overreact this much over one run that ends up feeling a bit off?

You'll do hundreds of runs, some will be great and others will fizzle.

Just turn around and jog home. You'll be fine the next day.

you're either tired from the tempo and 200s, which is not unusual 48 hours after, or you're getting sick (maybe hastened by the workout itself). I had a terrible race and a lousy workout last week without being very obviously sick but then I felt better a few days later and started having great workouts. Even slight illness affects your running a lot.

I hate to tell you guys this but this is normal. If you are not feeling beat up every now and then then you are training to easy. A tempo workout should be considered a hard day and you might need two easy days for recovery. I also do not consider 8 mile runs easy days for me.

I like to go a hard day, easy day and repeat. Until I adapt to the workouts an easy day can be as little as 3 miles easy and 20 minutes cross training.

TAKE POTOSSIUM SUPPLEMENT OR EAT A COUPLE BANANAS THEN

DRINK G-RADE. Trust me the same thing happend to me, id also slow down your long runs alot

TAKE POTOSSIUM SUPPLEMENT OR EAT A COUPLE BANANAS THEN

DRINK G-RADE. Trust me the same thing happend to me, id also slow down your long runs alot (quote/)

dont do any of this... trust me. eating more than 1 banana is entirely too much energy and guess where that excess goes... the other 2 idiotic things speak for themselves this person probably is trolling

it never ceases to amaze me how people think bananas are the only f*ckin thing with potassium read a dam nutrition label for once

Bananas are fvcking disgusting.