Two weeks to the Trials, and my legs feel horrible- what do I do?

Have you tried stroking it?

Over-cooked it, give up now.

Ice bath, normatec, gentle massage, compression tights. Wear the tights to bed.

I would run nothing faster than threshold from now to the Trials. Run easy for the next three days.

better luck in 2024? you cooked it m8

I forget if it was actually Steve Jones but his log read something like

Wednesday: Felt like crap

Thursday: Felt like crap

Friday: Felt like crap

Saturday: Felt like crap

Sunday: World record

Watch it on television like you were planning to do all along.

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

I forget if it was actually Steve Jones but his log read something like

Wednesday: Felt like crap

Thursday: Felt like crap

Friday: Felt like crap

Saturday: Felt like crap

Sunday: World record

haha

That level of training is outta my league, but don’t listen to the trolls. 2 weeks out, you’ve put the hay in the barn so just get your legs back to life with some easy runs and self care. Run your ass off at the trials and tell us how it went.

djfjdjdj wrote:

Ice bath, normatec, gentle massage, compression tights. Wear the tights to bed.

second this.

You are likely to feel like this after the hardest training of your life. The key is to recognise this, and back off. Start your taper now, it's 2 weeks out, better to be undertrained than over. Make sure you rest, sleep, get good quality food, stay hydrated, do all the normal little things you do that help recovery, just back off the sessions and miles, you will be fine...

Isn't it taper time?

Rest up. Maybe message and hydro therapy.

Um, I'm pretty sure that you'll be rested in time to watch the trials from your couch.

Be nicer to him.

Pro athletes come here all the time.

He could be a pro athlete.

Control your sarcasm.

Be stronger than the sarcasm.

Take a cold bath if you can, maybe it will help you relax. Even if you want to push yourself, be careful as your body does need a bit of rest too. Don't wear yourself out before the main event.

Hobby jogger here, so follow my expert advice very closely (sub 17 or, five figure salary, and a pretty girlfriend). After getting back into running after a few a years of being sedentary, I decided to race a 30k two weeks before my marathon. The hilly 30k went fast (for me), but my quads were beat and I had to walk/jog the last ~3k. I had severe DOMS and was in a similar boat as you.

What I did: a two week taper with several days of fartleks and strides. The days with the strides included reps on flat, slight downhill (I’ve read that, like eccentric heel drops, the “eccentric” nature of small doses of downhill can stimulate recovery) and steep uphill. I also did some recovery food gimmicks, like eating lots of watermelon ( has lots of the citrulline amino acid).

I had relatively good results even though I never felt fully recovered before my marathon. I held the pace from my 30k race for ~21 miles before I fell apart. You’re likely just feeling your muscle tension being “off”.

you are likely just in need of a little rest which is good cause you should start that taper. Hit some easy miles with strides and some cross training. Youve done the work, no need to put in any super hard efforts from here on out and you should recover just fine for the trials

take an off day.

Water jogging - with or without a flotation belt.

200 mg celebrex a day for 7 days.

You'll be fine.