Anyone have any experiences with running slower workouts after working all day. Being awake for 10-11 hours then hitting the track?
For instance running much much slower for mile repeats than what you could do mid-afternoon on a Saturday?
Anyone with the same experience?
AkidfromFlorida wrote:
Anyone have any experiences with running slower workouts after working all day. Being awake for 10-11 hours then hitting the track?
For instance running much much slower for mile repeats than what you could do mid-afternoon on a Saturday?
Anyone with the same experience?
Standing desk. Made a huge difference for me. I got a tall chair, so I stand until I start to feel tired of standing (usually about 15 to 20 minutes), then sit until I feel antsy (about 5 minutes). My back was hurting from sitting all day and that went away within weeks of switching to the standing desk. Also my workouts were immediately faster after the switch.
I still train semi-seriously and occasionally hit times that rival what I ran in college. I'm not elite, but I'm not an 18 minute 5k guy either.
I'm not fast so maybe it's irrelevant to you, but I do 70 miles a week of training, running all my track work after and most of mileage after the work day. When I first started doing it I was more sluggish and I *do* need a longer warmup than I would need if I were doing it on Saturdays, but after a couple years of always running after work I've adapted and don't notice significant difference other than the warmup bit. The only real issue is being *really* careful about what I eat for lunch on days that I'm planning to really push after work. It may be different at higher paces though.