Tired during a down week

High School Running

8 years ago 07/09/2015 7:59pm EDT

I have been following SoM for the summer with everything going well. I have been consistently building my mileage and have felt pretty good for the past 4 weeks. For the past 3 weeks (it is a 6 week course) I have taken an advanced course from 7:30-1:30. I have been running 50 mpw which is the most I have run since last summer. My morning runs were generally 5-6 miles easy-moderate or easy, unless it was a tempo, long run, or repeat day. The evenings were some 3-4 mile runs by feel.

This week I started a down week (35 mpw) due to some very mild lower interior shin pain and lack of a lower mileage week since track season. I feel more tired this week than when I was waking up at 5:00 to run every morning. Any reasons for this?

8 years ago 07/09/2015 8:06pm EDT

re: Rising Soph.

Yeah, your body is tired. Don't stress about it. Just keep doing what you're doing, and be sure to get plenty of sleep. You'll bounce back eventually. Your body isn't a clock.

8 years ago 07/09/2015 8:12pm EDT

re: No cause for concern

Thank you, I am very OCD about everything going perfect and if it doesn't I begin to doubt myself, I have tried very hard to break myself of this but it definitely lingers.

8 years ago 07/11/2015 9:53am EDT

re: Rising Soph.

Your body is likely more tired because during the down week its a surge of activity within your body to build up. So while you aren't running as much your body is building more than a typical week. During my down weeks Im always pretty shot.

8 years ago 07/11/2015 2:49pm EDT

re: Rising Soph.

If the shin pain doesn't stop, then lower the volume next week. The point is to avoid the injury, not check the boxes next to the time run.

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